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Old 12-26-2018, 12:48 PM   #562
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Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo View Post
I really doubt they're unloaded at any point in time. That would make for a very rattly valvetrain.


The rocker pivot also functions as a hydraulic lifter which takes up the slack but when the engine isn’t running there is a gap when in the zero lift zone. You can practically blow on the cam and it will turn when it’s in the zero lift zone.
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