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    3/29/2022 12:48 AM  #1

    Alessandro
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    From: Modena -Italy
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    can someone explain me ... just shocked if has to be like this

    llobe and lifters are not centered . is it normal ?    maybe the pics distort something but seems some push rod  are straight , other are canted .  never seen something like this . 

     

    3/29/2022 5:54 AM  #2

    TKOPerformance
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    From: Newark, DE
    Registered: 12/15/2014
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    Re: can someone explain me ... just shocked if has to be like this

    Its normal.  Its how the lifters spin in operation.  The lifter bottom is convex, so the small angle created by not having the lifter centered on the lobe makes the lifter spin.  They spin so they wear evenly. 

     

     

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