Jack,
I can't see how spinning those acorn nuts off, then the eight rocker cover screws, popping off the rocker cover and having your rockers staring back at you ready to adjust is any less convenient than removing the rocker cover and then removing the fasteners required to split a two piece girdle in half that clamps a bunch of special adjuster nuts. Am I missing something? Perhaps those SVO covers are just rare, not a weak design?
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