Pushrods still spinning after torquing down rocker arms

jonas454 said:

I dropped my new lifters in assembly libe for about 8 hours. I just installed them and put in new pushrods. I am now in the process of doing the rocker arms. I turn the engine till one of the lifters is at the highest point and torque the other one down till the pushrods don't spin. But exactly that isn't happening. I can still turn the pushrods even when I used akt of power to torque the rocker arm down. Then I got the idea to use the old lifters I still had. And to my surprise the pushrods don't spin when I use the old lifters. Is it because of the assembly lube ? Thanks

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Scooterwrench said:

Adjust your rockers in the firing order. Start with #1 at the top of the compression stroke and adjust both rockers on that cyl. Turn the engine 90deg. to #8 and do the same then repeat for 4,3,6,5,7,and 2 until you have done all eight cylinders.

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Supercharged111 said:

What engine are we working on here?

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jonas454 said:

1999 vortec 454 in a 1999 k2500 suburban

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Supercharged111 said:

If everything is the correct length then the reason they're still spinning is that the lifters aren't pumped up yet.

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GoToGuy said:

If all else fails you could always read the Factory Service Manual. I've used an oil pump can to get oil into a lifter then dropping them into an oil soak bath.

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