v8 pushrod bent

[squiblex]

hey i have a old holden 308 it has a bit of head work and a cam, it had a bit of a knock commin from the top wen i bought it i found it was one of the rockers looked loose wen i pulled the rocker cover off i took the roker set off that was loose an found that one of the pushrods was bent pretty bad!! wat would cause that?? an how do i kno if it will do it again wen i put a replacement back in??

[Pub247]

seen it heaps quite common especially when you flog the crap out of them

[squiblex]

ways a good solution to fix it from happenin again??? an would it done any damage to the inside of the moter???

[VK SL 3800]

Probably woulndt have hurt it, its only going to rub on the head a little if its really bent other then that there not too much else it could do.

[ari666]

ways a good solution to fix it from happenin again???

lol, i dunno... try not reving it till it valve bounces...

[Tree cutter]

Bent push rods are normally caused from valve bouncing. The valve springs might be a bit weak or it might be that someone has just thrashed the guts out of it.