Rocker shafts - assembling
- Make
- Land Rover
- Model
- Engines V8 Engine 3.5 3.9 4.2
- Section
- Rocker shafts - assembling
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Rocker shafts - assembling
1. Assemble rocker shafts with identification
groove at one o’clock position with push rod
end of rocker arm to the right.
CAUTION: If rocker shafts are incorrectly
assembled and fitted to engine, oil supply
to rocker arms will be restricted.
2. Fit new split pin to one end of rocker shaft.
3. Fit plain washer and wave washer.
4. Lubricate rocker arm bushes with clean engine
oil.
5. Early type rocker arms are angled, and must
be fitted with the valve end of the rocker arms
angled away from each other as illustrated.
6. On later type rocker arms the valve end is
offset and must be fitted as illustrated.
NOTE: Early and late rocker arms are
interchangeable provided the complete set
is changed.
7. Assemble rocker arms, brackets and springs to
rocker shaft.
8. Compress springs, fit wave washer, plain
washer and secure with new split pin.
Parts & tools for this job Staging For Land Rover Engines
- TOOLTorque wrenchSearch: 3/8 inch torque wrench
- TOOLSocket setSearch: socket set metric
- BOOKHaynes manualSearch: Haynes manual Land Rover Engines
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