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DIESEL HEAD STUD RETORQUE

DIESEL HEAD STUD RETORQUE

DIESEL HEAD STUD RETORQUE In our shop we do a variety of cylinder heads for late model diesel trucks. On jobs like 6.0 Fords, 5.9 Cummins, or 6.6 Dura- max our customers often install ARP studs as in improved fastener. ARP highly suggests that the studs be retorqued...

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DIESEL HEAD STUD RETORQUE

BALL CUP EFFECTIVE LENGTH

Ball Cup Effective Length When working with a ball-and-cup type pushrod from an application like a Ford or Chrysler product with adjustable shaft rockers, it is important to know the “effective” length when ordering custom length pushrods.- In this case, the effective...

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DIESEL HEAD STUD RETORQUE

Smoke ‘Em if Ya Got ‘Em

Smoke ‘Em if Ya Got ‘Em In our shop, we don’t have a dyno or engine test stand. We work on a variety of engines from Chevys to Internationals to Continentals, so no engine start stand would suit everything we do. In an effort to find oil leaks, we have started to...

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DIESEL HEAD STUD RETORQUE

LINER SEAL LUBRICATION

LINER SEAL LUBRICATION Using Vaseline, grease, white lead or dense lubricants such as engine oil, vegetable oil, antifreeze, brake fluid, castor oil, vegetable shortening and silicon spray IS NOT RECOMMENDED for a liner seal lubricant.. Currently aftermarket suppliers...

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MORE ON CAM GEAR CLEARANCING

MORE ON CAM GEAR CLEARANCING

MORE ON CAM GEAR CLEARANCING I recently read a Shop Solution about using a cam and cam gear to test for gear to block clearance on late small block Chevy blocks. Well, here is our tool I’ve used for years. It’s an aluminum hub that’s .002 under cam bearing bore size...

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