Rover V8 Rocker Shafts/Pedestals

vaultsman · Post by **vaultsman** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 7:43 pm

Making a start on my (first!) top-end rebuild.

What's the trick in getting the pedestals onto the shafts? Thought about freezing the shaft and heating the pedestal...at room temperature the shaft won't look at the pedestal bore.

Stan

topcatcustom · Post by **topcatcustom** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 7:48 pm

Put the pedestals in a vice upright so that the vice squeezes the sides, then the shaft should go on. Maybe add a little heat.

The pedestals spend their lives squashed vertically by the bolts that hold them in place so they go out of square (or round), the vice technique just makes them round again whilst you slide the shaft in!

vaultsman · Post by **vaultsman** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 7:54 pm

Brilliant...works a treat!

Cheers,

Stan

topcatcustom · Post by **topcatcustom** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:07 pm

Good to see people still working on a sunday night! I'm on the sofa infront of the fire

bones · Post by **bones** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:41 pm

i did my shafts yesterday, wish i knew about the vice trick

and im back off to the garage,

rich

vaultsman · Post by **vaultsman** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:05 pm

topcatproduction wrote:Good to see people still working on a sunday night! I'm on the sofa infront of the fire

Just joined you...so to speak!

Thanks again...both built up now.