Setting Hydraulic's valve lash

[Imlearning]

Hey guys. I'm going home for Easter this coming weekend from college and want to finally work on my car (winter lasts too ling in MN). I got a Crane iron adjustable rocker arm set and am ordering some Chromed Rocker shafts to be at my place by this weekend. I have no clue how to install these babies. How do you set the lash and or pre load with a hydrolic cam? If anyone could give me a quick walkthrough of how to do this it would probably save me a ton of guess work and another new cam. Thanks

[Chryco Psycho]

you need to bring each cylinder up to TDC firing stroke in rotation & set the valves for each cylinder , basically just remove all the vertical play & tighten the adjuster 1/2 turn to preload the lifter

[Imlearning]

Cool. I thought is was going to be alot harder than that. I guess I'll just have to rotate it around 8 time then. Once for each cylinder. Thanks for the help.

[Oldschool]

Cool. I thought is was going to be alot harder than that. I guess I'll just have to rotate it around 8 time then. Once for each cylinder. Thanks for the help.

Should only have to complete 2--360* rotations.  Can do it in 1, but I prefer two.  Start at # 1 cylinder and set both valves.
Rotate exactly 90* and set # 8 valves.
Rotate 90* and set # 4 valves.
Rotate 90* and set # 3 valves
Rotate 90* and set # 6 valves
Rotate 90* and set # 5 valves
Rotate 90* and set # 7 valves
Rotate 90* and set # 2 valves

2 complete rotations of the crank and you are done...........   Hope this helps...   Oldschool

[madness]

is that set both valves as in int/ext at the same time

[Chryco Psycho]

yes
 with hydraujics it wil work fine , with high duration solids I use a slightly different proceedure

[madness]

how do u no when u have it rotated 90*

[BB73Challenger]

Stupid question here, but I have the non-adjustable right now so there has been no issues, but on a Chevy I worked on once I couldn't cold set it to save my life and had to do it while it was running - man what a mess.

I guess the question is, is "cold" lash setting done right just as good as running the engine and adjusting till the tick is out of that liffter?

[Chryco Psycho]

If it is done right cold with the lifter on the lowest point of the cam lobe it really cannot change , on a first start the head gasket will compress slightly & add preload but it would be minimal

[mrbill426]

how do u no when u have it rotated 90*

Install timing tape on the damper or just mark it every 90 degrees with a paint stick or chaulk.