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Originally Posted by geezer#99
There are some knuckle draggers like me who can still twist the pushrods when the valve is wide open.
More accurate with wiggling them.
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I resemble that remark.
Usually trying to twist a chromoly oil soaked pushrod between your oil soaked greasy fingers, you don't realize that the rod is actually slipping between your fingers as pressure is put on the rod as you tighten the rocker nut. Leads to having too much preload added to your adjustment. So wiggling them up and down is usually more accurate to know when all lash is taken out.
After doing this for almost 40 years, I wiggle them up and down until I can't feel anymore lash, and then gently twist them too.
Gary