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    Many companies are now marketing pushrods as chrome moly that are actually made from a domestic pushrod steel that is not adequate for VW high performance applications. Many also suffer from tip wear due to poor quality material or improper heat treatment. They are not nearly as strong and their cost for them is about 1/3 that of the "real thing" even though many competitors are charging much more to make excessive profit at your expense. Many have actually gone to a 0.045"or 0.055" wall thickness to try to make them work.
    Obviously, these require far more valve spring to contain the valve train, which causes more pushrod failures. Many people sell true chrome moly, however, they have no quality control and many pushrods are made from bent tubing to start with. Furthermore, many have poor quality tips that do not fit the lifter properly or do not have a full May West ball. Do not get caught paying more for less, get the real thing the first time around.


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