Trunnions Failing

[hammdo]

Originally Posted by Lablkv6z

I’d highly recommend the CHE kit. It’s hard to see but did the bearing retaining clips come off?

Ditto, easy install...

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-Don

[RobZL1]

Originally Posted by hammdo

Ditto, easy install...

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showpo...postcount=1457

-Don

Don, what happened to all of your awesome pictures? Or is it just me who can't see them anymore?

[1JEWLDSSRS]

No pics there for me either.. Just instructions on how to install them..

[Risingson05]

Yeah definitely Che trunnion , screw them needle bearing . If the race fails then the needle bearing will let loose .
To the op. Man ! It looks like you caught it just in time ..

[GCguy2169]

Originally Posted by Risingson05

Yeah definitely Che trunnion , screw them needle bearing . If the race fails then the needle bearing will let loose .
To the op. Man ! It looks like you caught it just in time ..

I have ZERO ideas how my engine survived!!

[Risingson05]

Originally Posted by GCguy2169

I have ZERO ideas how my engine survived!!

Car gods were looking out for you . I had a trunnion with needle bearing fail aswell and let all the needle bearing loose , had to get them out of the oil pan .
Just for piece of mind I’d take one of the other rocker arms apart and count the needle bearing and make sure the one that broke has them all , if not I bet their in your oil pan .

I was lucky aswell and cam wasn’t damaged . Same here how my motor survived was beyond me ..

Went with Che trunnion and have never looked back .

[Risingson05]

Here’s a pic of Che trunnion installed in the rocker armbody.

[GCguy2169]

Originally Posted by Risingson05

Car gods were looking out for you . I had a trunnion with needle bearing fail aswell and let all the needle bearing loose , had to get them out of the oil pan .
Just for piece of mind I’d take one of the other rocker arms apart and count the needle bearing and make sure the one that broke has them all , if not I bet their in your oil pan .

I was lucky aswell and cam wasn’t damaged . Same here how my motor survived was beyond me ..

Went with Che trunnion and have never looked back .

My gosh!!! That’s insane! I’m glad you didn’t have anything too crazy happen. It definitely is an issue with some of these “upgrades” but then again people tend to only complain when something is wrong. So I’m skeptical. I truly wish I knew why these failed for each person this happens to. It just tells me something probably isn’t right somewhere down the line, but I’m no expert hence the post.

I just went with CHE as well. Today I will be doing the valve springs and new trunnions. Ordered new rocker arms since they were showing wear on the tops with the failed trunnions. Again, super glad you made it ok through that. It’s scary.