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Russ/40 · 12-01-2015, 07:26 PM

Some will laugh, but I have been doing this for a long time with perfect results. If you identify a tappet that moves, you can readjust it and then hit the threads with some brake cleaner or carb cleaner from an aerosol can to clean the threads. Mix up a small bit of JB weld, and put it on the lifter threads right at the lifter thread junction. Just a dab will do it. It will stay there, and that adjustment is set until you break the bond with a wrench. Lifters never unscrew, they only turn in. The JB will not let the bolt turn in.
I use the Carburetor cleaner from Walmart, $1.79 a can. Works good for cleaning paint guns too.

TinCup · 12-01-2015, 07:48 PM

I have single nut lifters that have give me fits with loss of adjustment. I have done the same thing to keep them in spec.

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Originally Posted by Russ/40

Some will laugh, but I have been doing this for a long time with perfect results. If you identify a tappet that moves, you can readjust it and then hit the threads with some brake cleaner or carb cleaner from an aerosol can to clean the threads. Mix up a small bit of JB weld, and put it on the lifter threads right at the lifter thread junction. Just a dab will do it. It will stay there, and that adjustment is set until you break the bond with a wrench. Lifters never unscrew, they only turn in. The JB will not let the bolt turn in.
I use the Carburetor cleaner from Walmart, $1.79 a can. Works good for cleaning paint guns too.

12-01-2015, 07:26 PM	#1
Russ/40 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Santee, California Posts: 3,505	Re: Valve adjustment advice needed Some will laugh, but I have been doing this for a long time with perfect results. If you identify a tappet that moves, you can readjust it and then hit the threads with some brake cleaner or carb cleaner from an aerosol can to clean the threads. Mix up a small bit of JB weld, and put it on the lifter threads right at the lifter thread junction. Just a dab will do it. It will stay there, and that adjustment is set until you break the bond with a wrench. Lifters never unscrew, they only turn in. The JB will not let the bolt turn in. I use the Carburetor cleaner from Walmart, $1.79 a can. Works good for cleaning paint guns too.