What a rotten way to spend Sunday afternoon

[bsa-bill]

This job is a bit like sex; the more you do it, the better you get at it.

Yep you can't beat age and experience - got it down to a couple of seconds now

fit elastic bands stretched over the rocker box cover to hold the rockers adjusters up and hence cause downward pressure on the rods.

Well this is the one I always promise to try next time, and next time comes and goes and I forget about it, but it does sound a good idea
I have longish thinnish fingers and can just reach a digit in from front and back to feel if the rods are located, so generally it goes not too bad.

I agree with the comb thing - it does screw up the sealant

[Spitfiremk9]

My most efficient way of doing it was to .... get someone else to locate the pushrods !! I used to hang around with a mate who had extremly long and moveable fingers , it was unbelievable to watch ,we'd struggle for 10mins to half an hour He'd come along laugh call us puny humans and sort it it two ticks ,when ever I have to do this job I think of Kenny Sach and wish he was around, always ended up dry as well which was an additional bonus, regards BobH. 

[morris]

Read an article in a bike magazine some time ago. The author used a rubber tube from about 6 mm diameter and zigzagged it between the pushrods to hold them in place.
After lowering the rocker box he removed the tube with a pair of nose pliers.
He claimed it worked each time.
Didn't try it myself though, so

[metalflake11]

"I used to hang around with a mate who had extremly long and moveable fingers."
"He'd come along laugh call us puny humans and sort it out in two ticks."
He wasn't always on about phoning home was he?...........E.T.?

[WozzA]

BA$T@RD of a job till I was told about the elastic band method... ( thanks Musky )   wink2
& if you put the sealant on the ROCKERBOX not the top of the gasket,
you can lay the comb in & out without making a mess...   

[Topdad]

May well have been MF 'cause He's only moved to Aigburth about 10 miles away and I can't find him despite trying regards Bob.