valve adjustment - sherman lifters

[wayne hutton]

what process do you use to adjust valve lash on these things, 302 stocker sherman lifters ,screw in stud w/poly locks. The card that came with them said .013 to.015, set to -.005. That was farily easy on the engine stand with dry lifters you could feel the .013 spring deperssion and with a dial indicator on the spring you could collaspe the lifter and backoff the .008 to get bach to -.005. Now the engine has been run and is in the car need to reset lash. The lifter now has oil under the cup, hard to feel the small spring depress and almost impossiable to get to each valve with a dial indicator. ther must a better way to do this.

ps excuse my typos and spelling not much at this keyboard thing

thanks
wayne hutton

[Robert Simpson]

Not to highjack this thread I to would like to know how these valves are adjusted in a sb stocker? TDC, EOIC, turn the pushrod method etc?

Thanks

Robert

[Tim Ellis]

You think they are hard with screw in studs and poly locks, you should try it with the stock rockers and those #$@%!!! shims! I'm not convinced im even close.

[greg fulk]

I set mine with a .002 filler gauge just like you would a solid cam. I'm sure someone will say that's not right but that's how I ran the silver car for years.

[7423]

Originally Posted by Tim Ellis

You think they are hard with screw in studs and poly locks, you should try it with the stock rockers and those #$@%!!! shims! I'm not convinced im even close.

Adjustable pushrods with the stock rockers, time consuming but MUCH easier than those shims you are so fond of............................

[Jeff Lee]

I highly reccomend the EOIC method and turning the engine over with a wrench, not the starter.
Greg, you will probably find a zero lash, once the set screw is set, will yield .002" which is perfect in my book. I figured that out one day and couldn't believe the amount of time it saved. I had ARP adjusters and all 16 came out perfect. It was far more accurate (after testing with a go-no go method) than trying to get the feel with a .002" feeler gauge.

[Robert Swartz]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

EOIC method and turning the engine over with a wrench, not the starter.

Acronym alert, EOIC, at the cost of being stupid, what is it?