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Old 07-09-2019, 07:11 PM
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Did you stack the spring? Should be straight forward as you assumed. Unless the push rd is hitting the head and forcing it out of normal geometry. Then the leverage would snap it.

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Old 07-09-2019, 08:31 PM
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Did you stack the spring? Should be straight forward as you assumed. Unless the push rd is hitting the head and forcing it out of normal geometry. Then the leverage would snap it.
I'm not sure I know what you mean. What is stack the spring?

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Old 07-10-2019, 02:12 AM
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That's a lot of spring for 5/16" pushrods. Just sayin'.

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