Five Reviver
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This was just raised in the last thread. How many of us have had trouble with the OEM rocker pedestals and caps? I’ve had cap failures in two assemblies in a row. It’s hardly surprising – the cap design has a very thin portion close to where it bolts to the pedestal. It begs to fail, and does!
Edit, after reading the posts which follow, then going back to the physical evidence:
I’ve had one pedestal fail in each of two assemblies. The pedestal casting is very thin on each side of where the shaft goes through and it cracked through full thickness on both sides. So, as long as it remained bolted to the head it retained its form and function but once unbolted, came apart as if it was a base and a cap.
Edit, after reading the posts which follow, then going back to the physical evidence:
I’ve had one pedestal fail in each of two assemblies. The pedestal casting is very thin on each side of where the shaft goes through and it cracked through full thickness on both sides. So, as long as it remained bolted to the head it retained its form and function but once unbolted, came apart as if it was a base and a cap.
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