Lifter Woes

[Tudds]

Got my lifters
Got crackin' right away.. I undid the rod and took it off. Placed it on a tray (lifter side up) and took it in the house. Removed all the lifters and then I soaked the new lifters in oil overnight.. well overnight turned into a day. I went to press one lifter in today just to see how they stayed in the rocker for when I put the whole rod back(don't want to lose the little discs). Well I couldn't press that bad boy in. I just went back.. rubbed up the walls of the rocker with some oil... pressed pretty hard because I don't want to break the little jammy. It flew across the room and landed on my area rug Can they take a lot of pressure I don't want to break the swivel cap
Any tips would be great

[Tudds]

[rc91 Spirit R/T]

I put electrical tape around the jaws of a channel lock (sure you could use some locking pliers), plus a rag and squeezed them in. It doesn't take much, just more than I could do by hand. Some people might flame me for this method but it did not harm the lifter face.

[2.216vturbo]

Yeah, don't ya love that feeling when you post something that works for you, but you are sure someone won't agree and try to bust you for it

Sounds like a good way to do it to me rc91 The E-tape is a good tip because sopmetimes Channel Locks will unintentionally cut through a rag.

Alan

[Tudds]

well as long as that little swivel is straight it shouldn't hurt it right?

[Tudds]

anyone before I go grab the channel lock