are lifters interchangable from one used head to another?

[jrcrum]

swappin heads on my ea82 dl and i was wondering if lifters cam and rockers were interchangable, or should they go back with the ones they came out of?

[GeneralDisorder]

Lifters generally adopt the wear pattern of the bore they were inside of, and if you put used ones in a different engine (or different bore) you are likely to have a ticking that will never stop. New ones that aren't worn yet are ok, and usually putting them back in the same bore they came from will be fine if they don't tick now. Make SURE you don't mix them up - they will tick.

 

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[idosubaru]

i've never had problems swapping lifters out on a number of EA82 and ER27 motors. not that i try to, but i've never had a problem doing it and never had issue replacing stuck HLA's with used ones from another motor. no ticking issues for me, i'm surprised he's had issues with his. i've never heard of others having issue with this either until this post. i would not hesitate to do it again, i've probably done it on roughly 5 different motors.

[BoostedBalls]

I hope not, I just put an engine back together with mismatched HLAs!

[tizzle]

Every time I've pulled the cam case off, the lifters have fallen out. Kinda hard to know what order they go in. I just put used lifters in a brand new, O mile head, and it purrs like a kitten

[Subarian]

I've often had more than one engine apart at the same time and haven't sorted the lifters. I haven't experienced problems with them.

[jrcrum]

thanks for the input guys, yeah mine fell out when i was pulling the head off.