By the way the adjusters have been fully backed off and are not hitting.
Just crankin.em down may create tight loose spots. To torque in sequence would work.if I just start cranking down the bolts everything will be alright?
Correct.So you had the same situation? When you sat your rocker cover on, it didn’t lay flat all the way around? And you had to tighten the bolts to pull it down flush?
With the SG I just finished, the left rockers "just" touched when I put the rocker box on. You could easily push it flat by hand.... but there wasn't any play in 'em... they were definitely starting to open the valves. The adjusters were back off till they were "about" flush...I've never experienced this issue on the ones I've put back together but I have the adjusters backed waaaay off. The cover sits down on there OK and you can wiggle all 4 rockers and feel some play in them. Well, lots of play in the 2 on the cylinder that's at TDC on it's compression stroke, but also a little bit on the other cylinder.
I think if you back the screws off even more, the top of the valve stem will go into the screw hole a little bit. Like I said, I've never encountered this, but many of my re-assemblies were with heads that had the elephant foot adjuster screws installed. With those, you grind the rockers back so they will retract enough.
Fwiw... you could just as easily leave the adjusters removed. No reason why you couldn't install 'em after you torque the head. I never really worried about the little bit of pressure. I've done 4 cyl. engines where it's unavoidable. At least 1 cyl will have a valve almost fully open. As long as you tighten evenly, it won't hurt anything,It just dawned on me what you’re saying. Back them off beyond flush! Will do!
Fwiw... you could just as easily leave the adjusters removed. No reason why you couldn't install 'em after you torque the head. I never really worried about the little bit of pressure. I've done 4 cyl. engines where it's unavoidable. At least 1 cyl will have a valve almost fully open. As long as you tighten evenly, it won't hurt anything,