S&S Premium Lifters W/Travel Limiters (adjustment)

[Admiral Akbar]

You guys are making too much out of this. If the lifters are new the assembly oil will bleed right out of them. Tighten them down. Wait a minute. Back off the adjustment until the pushrod spins. Lock it down. You can do all 4 in less than 10 minutes.

Max

[kd]

You guys are making too much out of this. If the lifters are new the assembly oil will bleed right out of them. Tighten them down. Wait a minute. Back off the adjustment until the pushrod spins. Lock it down. You can do all 4 in less than 10 minutes.

Max

Sounds just like the old slabside shovelhead adjustment with the sifton solids. 

[No Cents]

You guys are making too much out of this. If the lifters are new the assembly oil will bleed right out of them. Tighten them down. Wait a minute. Back off the adjustment until the pushrod spins. Lock it down. You can do all 4 in less than 10 minutes.

there you go Larry!
that's the answer I was looking for.
Thanks!

Ray

[JohnCA58]

You guys are making too much out of this. If the lifters are new the assembly oil will bleed right out of them. Tighten them down. Wait a minute. Back off the adjustment until the pushrod spins. Lock it down. You can do all 4 in less than 10 minutes.

Easy cowboy,  I remember certain day's as a Instructor dreading the Valve's and Injector's adjustment hand's on a live engine.  first time I let them do it on the non running  tear down engine and the confidence level was great and they do a good job, the second day I give them a live engine, and holy crap like they never seen a engine before..... I would be so worn out after working with 30 guys working on 10 live engines, Mercedes, Cummins, Caterpillar and Detroit.  It took 5 days at 6 hours of lab time.     Lots of redo before I could fire these engines up.

So unless you do this for a living and everyday,  take your time and be patience and do it right   

[PoorUB]

Remember as the engine warms up the lifter preload will decrease. The cylinders will grow more than the push rods will in height/length. So as long as you bottom the lifter and back it off until the push rod spins you will be fine.