how to stop rocker shaft noise

[c5 swh]

Im in the middle of rebuilding my engine. The rocker gear was noisey, im just wondering what i can do to stop this apart from buying a new one. Im guessing there going to be a little expensive if they are still availble.

What about taking it all apart cleaning it up then put it all back togeteher with assemle lube?

anything else i can do?

[stuTHC]

Noisey how? i cant see how it could be noisey, other than the rockers been so tight on the shaft in grates/squeeks, or they are so sloppy on there they are rattling around. Or one or more of the springs is fecked.
Are you sure it's wasn't the valve clearances causing the noise?

[Brigsy]

Do you mean tappet noise? If the valve clearances are done right it should sound nice & quiet :)

[GTphil]

Nice and quiet on a GT can seem noisy to most people, tappet noise did my head in for months when I first got my raider, unless your rocker shaft is mint then your never going to get them silent. Just make sure they are adjusted properly then leave it at that.:)

[djinuk]

funny this should come up.. i recently had noisy tappets, so i checked the clearances and a few were actually to tight.. i always though it was gaps to wide that led to nosiy tappets.

[Matt Cole]

The contact faces wear over time. What you get is a concave facing wich will never adjust up correctly to allow for quiet running. The rockers will require removing and reworking on a bench grinder at the easiest.

[raj]

The contact faces wear over time. What you get is a concave facing wich will never adjust up correctly to allow for quiet running. The rockers will require removing and reworking on a bench grinder at the easiest.

which is the side that usually wears down the most? the finger that pushes the pushrods? or the side that pushes the valves.?

[Pete@Backyard Racing]

av u made sure uve got the rocker pedistal wiv the oil hole in it on the right end?