[gtorich]

Originally Posted by AG

Are your Johnson lifters ruined or are they still usable? Any Pics?

That is a great question, i can not get a finger nail or anything to catch on the rollers, they just have lines in them, im assuming from dirt or whatever.

Have pics, but i think the flash makes them look worse than they are, i did try using wd-40 and a scotch pad, didnt rub hard but the lines are there.

Rich

[Jay S]

Originally Posted by gtorich

That is a great question, i can not get a finger nail or anything to catch on the rollers, they just have lines in them, im assuming from dirt or whatever.

Have pics, but i think the flash makes them look worse than they are, i did try using wd-40 and a scotch pad, didnt rub hard but the lines are there.

Rich

If the rollers all feel smooth, and the tie bars are not damaged from hitting the valley tray, if those things check out with low use and it was working ok before, the lifters should be fine to put back into service. With use a few grooves on the rollers are common.

I use the right stuff gasket maker to seal up the valley trays, it more flexible than RTV, and does not find its way to the oil pickup as much.

[gtorich]

Originally Posted by Jay S

If the rollers all feel smooth, and the tie bars are not damaged from hitting the valley tray, if those things check out with low use and it was working ok before, the lifters should be fine to put back into service. With use a few grooves on the rollers are common.

I use the right stuff gasket maker to seal up the valley trays, it more flexible than RTV, and does not find its way to the oil pickup as much.

John wanted me to measure the lifters, when measuring the whole thing i get 2.953 lowest and 2.965 highest.

When just measuring the body, they are 2.852-2.853 measured the best i could.

Couple pics of the marks on the bodies, never saw lifters before in a motor so i dont know if this is normal or not.

Jay, everything is smooth except for those lines, cant find any damage that i can see on the tie bars...........just nervous using this stuff again, one way or the other im gonna keep thinking something is gonna go wrong, but then again seems like my new stuff is bad most of the time also.

I really appreciate you guys hanging in there with me.

I havent heard anything from Tim at Bullet cams............would any of you guys make some changes to this cam one way or the other.

I dont know if i can send these to Johnsons and have them look at them, they are two + years old.......i will check into that.

Rich

[Steve C.]

Not suggesting it would apply here but I'm aware of a SD Performance build in 2010 that used the Crane 99893 springs on a set of his KRE D-ports that were the 300-305 CNC version.
They were set up at 1.780-1.790 on the intake and 1.810-1.815 on the exhaust.

As a reminder, don't trust the pressure stated in catalogs at the different published installed heights.
Test them at your actual varified installed height with their retainers in use on a calibrated spring checker.


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