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Originally Posted by 3twinridges
I fiddled with this tonight before going to loctite.
First I raided my old box of original Johnson hollows. Only two out of the box passed the ft/lb torque test, those two will need to be machined.
Then I remembered I still had the old 226 lifters from that rebuild sitting on the shelf. The 226 uses adjustables stock, they just look different. I took the screw out of one of those, it’s got a split end instead of a narrow neck, and put it in the Johnson. Man that sucker was tight, no way that loses adjustment. The screw size is the same but the adjustment takes a 1/2 socket instead of 7/16. I weighed it and really no difference in weight, still about 80 grams.
I think I am going to do that to about 8 of the original Johnsons and have the machine shop machine them and use in place of any of the new Red’s that don’t pass 60 in/lbs. Then I can stay away from loctite. Thoughts on my approach? Thx for the thump on the head with green!
JB
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We used green at a place I worked in the early nineties. Basically “gluing” a bronze bushing sleeve in place. After that stuff set, that bushing wasn’t moving for love or money…..