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geezer#99 · 11-21-2021, 09:32 PM

I had the same thing happen over 30 years ago. The bolt I had wasn’t holding the pushrod in place but it was just long enough to induce a strange rattle in the motor. Pushrod and bolt would make contact once in awhile. Really hard to find.
I always watched bolt length after that.

11-21-2021, 09:32 PM	#2
geezer#99 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bowser Posts: 13,516	Re: A SCARY Bent Pushrod Story I had the same thing happen over 30 years ago. The bolt I had wasn’t holding the pushrod in place but it was just long enough to induce a strange rattle in the motor. Pushrod and bolt would make contact once in awhile. Really hard to find. I always watched bolt length after that.