Hi. I need help with my 1962 Rocket Gold Star. The rocker box was leaking and the head had to re- torqued due to the new copper gasket blowing sightly. After removing the pushrods so that I could clean the rocker box mating surface, I checked each rod for flatness on a sheet of glass. I then found that one was bent slightly (approx 3/4" from the end and another was starting to mushroom around the hardened end cap......both on the exhaust pushrods).
I have tried everywhere to get a set of steel pushrods, whether new or old stock, from usual suppliers (C&D, Autocycle, G. Prew) but they can now only get dural alloy. SRM sell Chrome / Moly rods, but looking at their website pics, end caps now drilled. Have even tried getting a decent secondhand set. Looking back at old posts, BSA fiitted hollow steel pushrods and someone mentioned that Dural pushrods can flex. Note: Have since found that Lyford Classic Services now sell HE30 solid billet pushrods with hardened EN36 ball ends.....Made in England. Any advice of which way to go would be grateful.