Shaft Rockers, where and what brand

Shaft rockers on a head not designed for them is asking for trouble IMO.

Put a good set of stud mounts on it with a girdle and do yourself a favor.

Thanks, but I'll stick with the shaft rockers. We've used Jesel, T&D and WW shaft rockers on other A-heads (old MOtorsports), E-heads (currently on the Pro Mod I work on) and a few of our current small blocks and never had a fitment problem or failure. I just got off the phone with Kaase's and they said to use the ones I have, just grind the end of the shaft for clearance, they have to do it all the time.

Have you tried mocking them up? They may work fine.

ive heard alot of people use the shaft rockers on those heads before .......... why wont they work again ?

isnt there some kind of welding involved on each pr or something also ??

Strange..I've been using Jesel shaft rockers on my early A heads since 2000 and have had 0 problems with them...

What sort of problems should I be looking for ??

paulie9fingers wrote:Thanks, but I'll stick with the shaft rockers. We've used Jesel, T&D and WW shaft rockers on other A-heads (old MOtorsports), C-heads (currently on the Pro Mod I work on) and a few of our current small blocks and never had a fitment problem or failure. I just got off the phone with Kaase's and they said to use the ones I have, just grind the end of the shaft for clearance, they have to do it all the time.

Yup, had to do the same thing here..

We have tried to mock them up, you can't, all of the stands bolt on but when you try to bolt the rockers on, the top corner of the shaft in (3) of the exhaust rockers (the 3 on the right when looking down on the head) hit the intake valve spring to the left. All of the intakes and the one exhaust all the way to the left side of the head bolt right on. No welding on these bases, they actually have a bolt to hold the two bases together once everything is in position, the old T&D's (could have been WW's) we had were like that though, you lined everything up and then tacked them together. These are the current model Trick Flow heads, the old 598 we had in the '68 mustang had early Motorsports A-heads with T&D's (or WW's, been a long time ) with no problems, all of our smallblocks have Jesels with no issues with fitment.

so how much you want for them? I have a set of old style heads.......

dfree383 wrote:so how much you want for them? I have a set of old style heads.......

I'm probably using them (see my second post above), I just need to check one thing that they told me to look at but I'll let you know.

Yep, grinding on the ends of the shafts are part of the deal.

so what is the best shaft rocker out of the box for the TF a head i hate not to get the valve adjustment
right without major work with stud gurdlies .I was told T and d were in the r&d stages did they come to market
thanks and who is the best to deal with.I feel this is a shortcoming in my combo.

I just got my new Jesel Shaft Rockers, #KPS-320126, and they fit like a champ, bolted right on.

Was the ones you got put on a trick flow a head? I would like to know bc i will order a set now.
And is anybody here a dealer .Thanks

jts557 wrote:so what is the best shaft rocker out of the box for the TF a head i hate not to get the valve adjustment
right without major work with stud gurdlies .I was told T and d were in the r&d stages did they come to market
thanks and who is the best to deal with.I feel this is a shortcoming in my combo.

Personally I like the studs and girdle better more anchor support and everything is connected....lots more ridged



Randy

jts557 wrote:Was the ones you got put on a trick flow a head? I would like to know bc i will order a set now.
And is anybody here a dealer .Thanks

My heads are Trick Flow, the number I just listed is the correct ones for the heads, I have a set for sale in the "For Sale" section that fit the Ford Racing heads. I can get you pics if you want, you can see some posted by "deliveredfast" here, https://www.429-460.com/engine-tech-f2/post-some-things-you-learned-about-products-after-you-bought-them-t3438-30.htm , my heads are TFSBBF-1, the ones in the pic above are TFSBBF-3.

I thought you were crazy and called Jesel and for some reason they offer a set for the Ford Motorsport heads and a set for the TFS heads. The Guy on the phone wasn't able to tell me what the differnce was

Ace

powerstrokeace wrote:I thought you were crazy and called Jesel and for some reason they offer a set for the Ford Motorsport heads and a set for the TFS heads. The Guy on the phone wasn't able to tell me what the differnce was

Ace

whats different is the fulcrum lenght and the shaft bolt hole center lines