Would you risk it? What would you do?

Mean416 said

You put it upside down on a flat surface and run it underneath a dial indicator and measure the crown.

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Or in a lathe and run the indicator across and around the face.

Its not a hard thing to do. And probably should be done to every lifter before its used.

Most of the failures I've seen weren't from metallurgy. It was garbage machining.