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Colin Reed
Oct 26, 2016 - 9:34PM
Re: Cam followers

Hi Ian, normally round followers had two flats to enable a thin tappet spanner to fit,
Also congratulations on the rebuilding Classes you & josh a running

Location: TINOPAI NZ

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Oct 26th, 2016 - 9:34 PM
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Austin in the shed
Oct 26, 2016 - 9:37PM
Re: Cam followers

Could have had 2 spanner flats on them to stop rotation,but it was about 5 or more years ago when I last looked at it.

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Oct 26th, 2016 - 9:37 PM
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Dave Armstrong
Oct 27, 2016 - 7:03AM
Re: Cam followers

Yes, I believe you're all right! The early Reliant engines were virtually A7, and then developed across time. The tappets I've seen were about 1/4" longer than A7 ones though I've never seen any with just one flat side. The last engines had a flat headed mushroom tappet in a circular guide, the 'stalk' had two flats to retain it when being adjusted.

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Oct 27th, 2016 - 7:03 AM
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Austin in the shed
Oct 29, 2016 - 3:33AM
Re: Cam followers

Reliant SV tappet photo Reliant tappet.jpg
Photo thanks to Terry Griffin

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Oct 29th, 2016 - 3:33 AM
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Nick
Nov 6, 2016 - 1:22PM
Re: Cam followers

One obvious question to ask regarding Tim's flat followers...

What valve spring set up was used? Do you just need a nice fresh set of standard valve springs or do they need doubling?

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