Solid Roller Lifter Selection

When a bushing goes bad, the lash just opens up. Needle bearings Hardened steel splinters.

Not exactly.

The wheel barely stands proud of the lifter struts. So when the bushing fails the billet steel struts are rubbing on the billet steel camshaft, with the resultant filings getting into places they shouldn’t be.
This is also how many roller lifter failures with needle bearings start out.

It’s really bad news if either the bushing or bearing fails........ and you don’t catch it pretty quickly.