Rockers
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Saints

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20 posts

177 months

Sunday 16th March 2014
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Looking for a set of rockers and shafts for my 450, which should I look out for steel or aluminium seen both types, also does anyone have either a new unused set or a vgc used set for sale. I bought some used ones which were looked ok with little use but still getting slight noise.

QBee

22,485 posts

174 months

Sunday 16th March 2014
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No idea how expert you are. A common cause of a tappety sort of noise with these engines is slightly leaking exhaust manifolds.
Easy to test - piece of rubber hose (like you would use for a propane bottle on the barbie), little bit of thin copper pipe in one end ideally to stop you melting the rubber on a hot manifold.
Stick rubber end in ear, engine idling, listen for louder noise, especially around the gaskets and the 4>1 union.