Harland Sharp rockers and new parts

[Andre K Jacobs <akjamc@xxxxxxxx>]

  Sorry for the long delay in getting back on this subject. I had to
do some research on this.
I posted the info about the Harland Sharp rockers because I try and let
folks know about parts that are available. This project has been an on
going deal with them, and the news that they had them was GREAT!
However, the info I posted turns out NOT to be accurate. WHY, well I
deal
with a lot of folks, and if you deal with folks ( business wise) you
have
to have some trust. So if Nick Alfano tells me about a part, I believe
him, If Frank Swygert tells me something, I believe him ( unless I know
he's wrong!LOL). That is because over the years, I have talked shop with
these folks. Now that does not mean we agree on everything we talk
about,
or that facts don't get mixed up, and the fact that a person is not
trying to deliberately miss lead you ( that I KNOW of ), lends itself to
TRUST.
      Steve Avery, also knows me ( trust ) , and we have talked about
many
things. He stood up because of the post written by others. These other
posts are not fully correct either, and Harland Sharp, like Steve, sees
themselves being  attacked  in the posts. No further details
needed here,
and NO ONE should be INTIMIDATED ( or feel that they could be
intimidated ) not to post to the list. IF so, WE have a DEEPER problem
with the list, and members on it then is publicly know.
      The info I posted was told to me by Randy Guynn, we where talking
about different parts, and Randy informed me of the Harland Sharp
rockers. Now what was told to Randy was incorrect, and that was
passed to me, and I passed it on to the list. SO after numerous
questions
about this set up, I decided to contact Harland Sharp. This took time,
people to talk to were not there, calls to me, calls to them, ETC.  I'm
not going to give a run down of each and every fact or detail on Harland
Sharp (HS), or the rockers, just this little bit of info.
      HS, has been in business for many years. They are MADE IN THE
U.S.A.
They are NOT entry  level  parts, and have the same type
selection as
others. Their quality is as good or better. I do sell HS and a LOT of
other parts, including parts from Nick Alfano. Nick can buy parts from
me
as well and in fact WE were supposed to do the SC/360 stripe together,
but Nick did not move ( like the other two I dealt with on this stripe )
on the deal, so I moved on to a repeatable company and have brought out
no less then 10 stripe kits for AMC that were not available BEFORE, and
added to or help correct a few others.
    The NEW HS rockers, are paired, like the paired bridged pivot, BUT
are
NOT the same. The bridged ones are "pinned" together, the new ones uses
a
true shaft. So the continuos shaft is  incorrect . However, HS has sent
a set up to Mike Luke, and Mike too has stated continuous  
shaft, so we
shall see ( that?s TWO different sources on that info). They are
available
NOW, and ARE IN STOCK. What they have are parts for about 10 sets, but
not all with the same rocker arm ratios, and I could have order a set on
Thursday when I finally got a hold of the man I needed to talk with. Do
I
stock every part I sell, no, but I do stock a lot of what I  sell .
Most of the larger items, I don't stock, cost of shipping to me, then to
my customer, I just have it drop shipped, and it saves my customer on
shipping, others DON'T do this, they are worried you will find their
parts source and find out what you should be paying for a part.
HS rocker shaft, use pressurized oil to oil them. They have oil passages
from the push rod cup to the bearings, and then forward to the roller
tip, they have  oil control ( restricters ), so it helps limit the oil
getting to the heads and does not shoot oil all over the valve cover.
This
is a BIG problem for AMCs filling the cover with oil.
     HS also found the AMC rockers do not set "square", so when they
paired the rockers up, they found you can have a push rod issues, so
YES,
you drill out your push rod slots to circles, as these HS rockers true
up
your geometry.
      So what we have here is a difference in construction. One shaft
verses paired shafts. I like the idea of the one shaft, but ONE main
reason for this is NOT addressed with Nick?s set up ( if I had been in
on
the loop, it might have been). Now we won't know how these two will
compare until after they are run, and reports come in. Just like the
Space shuttle, you have a lot of college educated folks
working on it,
and they all say foam on the tanks is OK, and now we find, IT'S NOT. You
never know until it?s RUN!
You have pressurized oil in the HS, you have splash with Nicks. I am not
too sure of the splash idea ( Nick don't jump all over this), I have
talked with the manufacturer, and he builds and runs similar set ups,
and
once again we will not know until it is run. I do LIKE the oiling on the
HS. The last thing is the price. I believe Nicks will be in the $850
range, from what I have, the HS will be in the $950 range, that is full
retail, and pricing could be in the $850 or lower range.

I hope this clarifies things, and lets keep the crap to a minimum, or
lets just forget the crap altogether.
I will report on some other new items as soon as I have more to post.

Andre " A.J." Jacobs,
web page http://southtexasamc.tripod.com
(830)-980-3165 , akjamc@xxxxxxxx

Owner & Proprietor, South Texas AMC