MORE VALVE TRAIN QUESTIONS................

DON BURKHOLDER said
No heat required. I slid a 3/8" box wrench over the ball end of the rod - down to the back side of the cup, then tighten the ball end into a drill press chuck to hold it. Then tap the wrench with a small hammer and the cup will come off the the rod tube. You can use the drill press to reassemble the cup stem into the rod tube after trimming to size.
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Man, I thought we had a winner here. They came apart with this procedure.......Unfortunately though, the cups just slid in with zero interference after I trimmed the rods .184. Not sure I'd want to rely 100% on Loctite in this instance. Thanks for the input. :thumbsup: