Parr8hed Posted August 21, 2020 Share #1 Posted August 21, 2020 Had backed out. Increasing the clearances. Push rod was about to pop out. It's a simple fix for my lawn mower. Glad I checked the youtubes because I was about to sell the damn thing. Who would have thought to check the rocker arm studs? Apparently it's a known problem with single cylinder Briggs motors. Those youtubes are amazing. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 21, 2020 Share #2 Posted August 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, Parr8hed said: Had backed out. Increasing the clearances. Push rod was about to pop out. It's a simple fix for my lawn mower. Glad I checked the youtubes because I was about to sell the damn thing. Who would have thought to check the rocker arm studs? Apparently it's a known problem with single cylinder Briggs motors. Those youtubes are amazing. I loved working on Briggs engines when I was a kid. Usually little more than taking the head off and decarbonizing. But they're not overhead valve are they? I remember the valves being in the block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted August 21, 2020 8 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: I loved working on Briggs engines when I was a kid. Usually little more than taking the head off and decarbonizing. But they're not overhead valve are they? I remember the valves being in the block. This one is. Here is the video I was watching. Same motor as mine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpFdvobEWzg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted August 21, 2020 Share #4 Posted August 21, 2020 12 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: I loved working on Briggs engines when I was a kid. Usually little more than taking the head off and decarbonizing. But they're not overhead valve are they? I remember the valves being in the block. Time to move kicking and screaming into the current century. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 21, 2020 Share #5 Posted August 21, 2020 2 hours ago, maddmaxx said: Time to move kicking and screaming into the current century. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted August 21, 2020 Share #6 Posted August 21, 2020 For the record, I thought this was titled "Rocket Arm Stud" and was going to be full of pitching videos and strike-out stats!!!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted August 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: For the record, I thought this was titled "Rocket Arm Stud" and was going to be full of pitching videos and strike-out stats!!!! Ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted August 21, 2020 Share #8 Posted August 21, 2020 we make rocker arm shafts like this, for Detroit Diesel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share #9 Posted August 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, bikeman564™ said: we make rocker arm shafts like this, for Detroit Diesel. I think that is a little beefier than my 18 hp single cylinder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share #10 Posted August 22, 2020 Got it running again. Lock tite on the threads and torqued it down good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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