Hi Dean, Did you have ratio rocker arms, if so did you size the push rods?
Dan > On May 25, 2015, at 5:21 PM, Dean Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am finally installing my rebuilt heads into my 1915 cc engine. I have the > heads on, put in the push rods and am test fitting the rocker arms to check > geometry. > I put the shims that had been installed under the shafts originally and there > is not nearly enough room for the swivel foot adjusters. Even screwed all the > way out, they nearly touch the stems. If I use a thicker shim I am afraid I > won't have enough threads for the rocker arm nuts. ( can I back the studs > out?) will standard adjusters give me more adjustment? Where is the best > graphical description of adjusting the geometry? I don't have a dial > indicator so if there is another way to do it, that'd be great. > Dean > '71 Super Beetle > http://deangj.tumblr.com > > > > -- > Dean G. Johnson, PhD > Postdoctoral Fellow > Biomedical Engineering > McGrath Lab > University of Rochester > Robert B. Goergen Hall Rm. 316 > Box 270168 > Rochester, NY 14627 > [email protected] > Office: 585-273-2156 > Mobile: 315-576-5928 > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
