Camshaft Followers

[antman]

1999 C70 convertible 150k

I'm Replacing the head gasket on this car when I went to put the followers back in some of them didn't have much or any action is there a way to disassemble them for cleaning ?

 

[wizzard_al]

If they are later '99 followers, they are solid and not designed to have any action. Only clearance between them and the camshaft. 

[antman]

These must be early 99 then some of then have a ton of spring . 

I did free one of them up last night without taking it apart it works nice but id prefer to dissemble them to get all the gunk out .

Thanks wizzard_al for the input. 

[Ihatespeedbumps]

99 was a split year, early build cars still had hydraulic lifters.

[bmdubya1198]

Did you keep them submerged in oil while they were out? They may just need to fill up, being hydraulic.

An easy way to tell if the engine has solid lifters is to look at the cam cover, and you'll see several torx screws along the edges of the cover, just ahead and behind the ignition coils. From your description, I don't think you have solid lifters.

[antman]

Yes I kept them submerge .The worst of then I believe were on the exhaust side they wouldn't compress at all .

I have them all free now and yes they do come apart but not easily .