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Result,after contacting Ducati UK they have rung my local dealer and have told them to do the rockers for 1/2 price,thus saving me a small fortune.A goodwill gesture on their part,but I,m still thinking that inferiour materials are used to make them. :sing:

Never a good thing said about rockers unfortunately, but good on Ducati UK for stumping up half of the cost

What years were affected by bad rockers ....?
Were 02 998s affected?
What are the tell tail signs?

thanks

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the testastretta engines aren't displaying the rocker problems that the earlier motors had.

Can someone confirm this?

testastratta rockers

Oil delivery systems changed in the Testa's the overcome this problem.

But I guess it's a bit early to tell yet.

Problem arose around '96 when the plating started to be outsourced instead of managed inhouse (Texas Pacific takeover.....). It's persisted until the re-design of the engine into the Testastretta.

MarioP has had a rocker snap in a Testa engine. But that's a non standard build with special parts, and is being examined and repaired by Ducati Special Projects, so is probably not indicative of a general rocker problem.


[Edited on 1-7-2005 by Mr_S]

If I remember correctly, Ducati said that all MY01 models and onwards should have new rocker parts. Saying that, mines an MY01 model and still exibited rocker failings. I reckon all new engines were built with new rocker parts but stock engines would still have gone into MY01 and above models from the shelf with old rocker parts.

I have not heard of anyone with a testastretta bike with Rocker probs. Anyone else confirm?

Thanks ...

Heartrate returning to normal ....:sing:

Excellent :D:D:D:D

There have been something like 17 different part numbers for the rockers over the years....

Went to a dealership open house last week at AMS Ducati, probably one of my region's premier Ducati shops. Got to spend a good hour back in the work area picking the brain of one of the top mechanics. He showed me examples of bad rockers he had pulled and gave me lots of good info. According to him Ducati North America will cover bad rockers under a goodwill warranty type of arrangement. He said that if I were having a major service done there anyway and he discovered a flaking rocker, it would be replaced at no additional charge beyond the normal service charge. I know where I'm taking my bike for all it's services from here on out! Anyway, my point is that folks in the US might want to call around if they discover rocker problems and see if they can't get it covered for only the labor costs.