Johnson HT-2011 hyd lifters
A lot of failures people talk about having with a particular part usually stem from builder error/neglecting in other areas BUT THEN translate to the reader of such failure/tale as to "NEVER" use this or that part solely based on that it failed and not WHY.
I've personally 'with thousands of other people', 100's of thousands, have had no issues with wire clips coming out. That could be because i use them in applications under 6,000 rpm. Too many people don't take credit for operators error... and too many people say never use this or that. Just because one man is an idiot...doesn't the next will be.
You had another problem that led to this and snap rings could be insurance against the plungers coming out... but more so would be having the right spring pressures,checking them, and not trying to rev it like a solid.Is this what your lifter looks like?
These are the SpeedPro Anti Pump-up lifters...well, originally this is what my machinist picked for me and what I used in my 360 motor. I (as per the mfg instructions) had set them up for 0" (zero) preload...they worked great, but eventually I found out that (most likely due to some valve float) the lifter built enough pressure to actually pop the metal "spring" out...
This is the retaining clip really:
That was enough scare for me to source another lifter...or to better put it, the new updated version of the HT-2011R (R signifies the Anti Pump-Up), which now use a very hard snap-ring:
A lot of failures people talk about having with a particular part usually stem from builder error/neglecting in other areas BUT THEN translate to the reader of such failure/tale as to "NEVER" use this or that part solely based on that it failed and not WHY.
I've personally 'with thousands of other people', 100's of thousands, have had no issues with wire clips coming out. That could be because i use them in applications under 6,000 rpm. Too many people don't take credit for operators error... and too many people say never use this or that. Just because one man is an idiot...doesn't the next will be.
