Lifter failure in the 5 0 Miata

[@_moes_garage_]

Damn dude that's a massive difference between the pushrods. 😱. Glad you got it all back together tho

[@xjackdareaperx]

good content

[@tufgriz8917]

I broke the tip off a factory pushrod last year and wasted the rocker at the same time, guess I shouldnt have skipped the hardend pushrods lol

[@Sgt.Slides]

Hardened push rods are so that they dont wear out against the guide plates. Your broken push rod was the result of a different defect.

[@tufgriz8917]

@@Sgt.Slides weak factory pushrod with 2 step, factory pushrods not up to the task and deflecting until it broke

[@tufgriz8917]

@@Sgt.Slides if I would have seen this a year ago I could have sent you a rocker arm if you needed it, I had the same ones and ended up replacing all 16

[@Sgt.Slides]

@@tufgriz8917 oh, yeah, well 2 step is hard on the top end, not sure exactly why, but if you smashed a push rod 2 stepping, im not really surprised. OHC moters will snap rocker arms on 2 step.

[@tufgriz8917]

@@Sgt.Slides ya the factory pushrods with the press in balls are not the best, hardened one piece is the way to go