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Remove Rocker Pedestal
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I'm thinking your trying to remove the rocker shaft without loosenIng the head bolts. Never tried it. It may be possible but if I remember there is one headbolt that would have to be removed, the positioning plate is held in place with it. You would have to loosen all valve adjustments and slide the shaft forward. I hope someone has a better idea.
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Speaking from memory. On the MGA and early MGB, there is a set screw in one of the rockers. I think it might be the one with the oil feed. In the MGB Moss catalogue on page 10, it would be part 92. It sets the rocker shaft to the pedestal. There is also a thin nut on each end of the rocker shaft. If you remove those nuts and that set screw, the whole assembly comes apart. Your set screw may require an Alan wrench rather than a screwdriver.
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Darryl, if you are working with a old set of rocker arm cores, that has set up for awhile, it is not uncommon for the pedestals to stick/seize to the shaft, just tap them off with a dead blow hammer.
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