Roller Lifter Question

[Bryan Broaddus]

What I have found, and I am sure some of you guys have too, any time something is damaged in the valve train and the lifter runs uncontrolled on the cam, in other words the spring is not controlling the lifter and keeping it in contact with the ramp on the cam, the lifter will fail. It might not be on the next pass but given a few runs that lifter will fail. So if a rocker backs off or a pushrod tip is damaged, you lose a lash cap or anything in the system that allows excessive lash I will immediately pull that lifter pair and replace it. It may seem excessive but I really don't like the results of a broken lifter. The cost of a single pair of lifters is cheap compared to broken lifter and all the Crap it runs through the engine.