Stainless, Bushed PRW Rocker Arms
Hey everybody,
I wanted to post my experience so far with PRW Stainless, Bushed 1.6 Rocker Arms.
In 2019 I bought a set of Trick Flow 190's
For my 340.
Thanks to FABO I learned that the go to guy for Rocker Arms and geometry correction kits is Mike @ B3RE.
I called him and he spent quite a bit of time with me explaining Rocker Arms and geometry.
His recommendation was the PRW Rockers
Along with his correction shims to be added under the rocker shafts.
I got the complete kit from him
And I really can't say enough about his helpfulness and knowledge!
Everything went together perfectly.
The 340 picked up a ton of power everywhere!
Well after about a year and around 10k.
Miles I started hearing more and more valve train noise.
So I took off the rockers and found all the bushings were wearing out.
Leaving metal transfer on the shafts.
I called Mike and he had me send them back to him to inspect.
He was so nice to warranty them for me.
He also suggested that I should add pushrod oiling.
He also suggested that I call PRW as well to let them know what happened.
They also suggested adding pushrod oiling.
So I changed all the lifters out to AMC style.
All went well for almost 1 year, but recently the valve train was getting loud again.
Pulled off the rockers and found number 8 exhaust Rocker arm bushing almost worn clear through.
Another one on drivers side was worn too.
Most of the others seem ok as far as the bushings go.
But now I found some of the roller tips getting flat spots and feel rough to spin with your finger.
I called Mike and he stopped what he was doing to spend time with me discussing what was causing this.
So far he has not had many problems with PRW Rockers.
But we also discussed mine being a driver I probably put more miles on then most.
But still something is going on?
I had only been using penn grade oil
And having added pushrod oiling along with standard LA through the head oiling, you wouldn't think it's an oil issue.
Plus the cam is just a comp. Xe 268 h.
Trick flow springs @ 120 seat x 320 open.
I called PRW as Mike suggested
They said to send them pictures and they will get back to me asap.
I'll keep you guys posted...
Mike
Hey everybody,
I wanted to post my experience so far with PRW Stainless, Bushed 1.6 Rocker Arms.
In 2019 I bought a set of Trick Flow 190's
For my 340.
Thanks to FABO I learned that the go to guy for Rocker Arms and geometry correction kits is Mike @ B3RE.
I called him and he spent quite a bit of time with me explaining Rocker Arms and geometry.
His recommendation was the PRW Rockers
Along with his correction shims to be added under the rocker shafts.
I got the complete kit from him
And I really can't say enough about his helpfulness and knowledge!
Everything went together perfectly.
The 340 picked up a ton of power everywhere!
Well after about a year and around 10k.
Miles I started hearing more and more valve train noise.
So I took off the rockers and found all the bushings were wearing out.
Leaving metal transfer on the shafts.
I called Mike and he had me send them back to him to inspect.
He was so nice to warranty them for me.
He also suggested that I should add pushrod oiling.
He also suggested that I call PRW as well to let them know what happened.
They also suggested adding pushrod oiling.
So I changed all the lifters out to AMC style.
All went well for almost 1 year, but recently the valve train was getting loud again.
Pulled off the rockers and found number 8 exhaust Rocker arm bushing almost worn clear through.
Another one on drivers side was worn too.
Most of the others seem ok as far as the bushings go.
But now I found some of the roller tips getting flat spots and feel rough to spin with your finger.
I called Mike and he stopped what he was doing to spend time with me discussing what was causing this.
So far he has not had many problems with PRW Rockers.
But we also discussed mine being a driver I probably put more miles on then most.
But still something is going on?
I had only been using penn grade oil
And having added pushrod oiling along with standard LA through the head oiling, you wouldn't think it's an oil issue.
Plus the cam is just a comp. Xe 268 h.
Trick flow springs @ 120 seat x 320 open.
I called PRW as Mike suggested
They said to send them pictures and they will get back to me asap.
I'll keep you guys posted...
Mike