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03-24-2006, 06:34 AM   #1 (permalink)
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\"set\" screws inside intake side of screw-in rocker studs? (newbie)

I have 78 heads (yeah, not the best) going onto my 302. In the process of screwing in the rocker studs, I see that the intake side studs hit an allen screw before they bottom out. The "nut" portion of the stud is staying proud about .1".

Any problem with this? I don't relish the thought of trying to remove those set screws.
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03-24-2006, 09:00 AM   #2 (permalink)
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\"set\" screws inside intake side of screw-in rocker studs? (newbie)

I would not run it like that. Were these heads cut for screw in studs? And the allen head screws the big ones? If so - the studs should be nowhere near the big screws.
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03-24-2006, 02:36 PM   #3 (permalink)
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\"set\" screws inside intake side of screw-in rocker studs? (newbie)

They're factory threaded, and the screws I'm talking about are only in the intake rocker stud side, not any in the exhaust
side.

So you say pull 'em, eh?
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03-24-2006, 03:03 PM   #4 (permalink)
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????? Post a picture, Please ????
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03-24-2006, 07:20 PM   #5 (permalink)
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03-24-2006, 07:22 PM   #6 (permalink)
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\"set\" screws inside intake side of screw-in rocker studs? (newbie)

Ooops... Fatfinger, sorry...




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03-27-2006, 11:58 AM   #7 (permalink)
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\"set\" screws inside intake side of screw-in rocker studs? (newbie)

Sure your stud's not just too long and thats a blind hole?

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03-27-2006, 02:08 PM   #8 (permalink)
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\"set\" screws inside intake side of screw-in rocker studs? (newbie)

I don't believe that a 78 302 head was ever threaded from the factory. I might be wrong, but that is a performance mod and not done since the HP 289. What's missing is the guide plates. The stock non-adjustable pedestals should have been cut down about .3 to allow for the stud and plate, then tapped as needed. Late model heads may be tapped but they are for bolt down rockers too.
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03-28-2006, 01:30 PM   #9 (permalink)
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\"set\" screws inside intake side of screw-in rocker studs? (newbie)

That sounds right, and makes perfect sense.
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