Proper lifter installation?

[Razor_DSM]

its eveyones worst nightmare to bend all them valves becasue of improper lifter preperation, especially mine.

I ordered used lifters from the trader and some of them did not pump. on one of the other dsm forums a guy told me to compress them in a vice, i did, and they all pump freely. what made them be solid like?

no where have i seen specifc do's and dont's. the vfaq tells somewhat, but still not to informative. how should the lifers operate when they are installed, basically how do you know that all the oil has been removed, what should i look for that would tell me its not done right.

thanks

 

[UltraImports]

I know of people that didn't do what you did and it worked out fine. I was told they would adjust themselves.

 

[Black95GSX]

Bah... I did a "cleaning" on my lifters when I did my headswap.

After sitting "free" for about 1 week 75% of them were hard as #### to push in useing a paper clip.

I went to a local hardware store, got a Brass Rod which fit in the lil hole, and then got some pliars to push the rod in as hard as I could.

After a while, they all "spit" freely when I lined up the holes on the side..... Pumped each one for 5 Min in Mitsu ATF (great cleaner), and then 10 min each in 10w30.

Damn they were quiet after that.


Don't know about useing a vice though, that would kind of scare me.

 

[Razor_DSM]

they pump as if they where new, what exactly does the paper clip do? i wish there was a spit section pic, and some info on how they actually work...