The old style rocker arms and other head parts are no longer available. Briggs gave up on the design, too many problems. Only solutions are new heads or a newer motor.

"My arms have a shaft that goes through them the new ones do not."

That is the old original design. Check local one man type small engine repair shops, junk yards and lawn mower bone yards.

By the way, that happened for a reason, valve stuck OR head got hot from plugged cooling shroud/fins letting the valve guide come up to where the valve spring retainer hit it.

Walt Conner

It ran best since I It ran best since I brought it a year ago. """ IF you fixed it why don't you just run it as is.. My book lists Part numbers 807557 as arm and 805617 exhaust push rod and 805352. Don't have time to look up and see if these parts are available.

"Valves were way out of adjustment" IMO that's probably what caused the bent pushrod. they finely so far out bent and fell off the rocker. Ever since I heard of this I adjust mine every two years. The first time I done it they were so loose I was amazed it would still run. luckily I caught it before it ate itself.

hey, need to look on ebay for your valve train parts, seen heads on there also. You might fine part cheap enough to replace your damaged parts

Well I really don't see how being loose, out of adjustment, is going to bend the push rod, I doubt it and hold with what I said above.

Walt Conner

Follow Walt's lead on this issue.

he's probably not going to spend 300 plus on new heads and valve train parts, horz. engine maybe, but not vert. only option I see is maybe getting the repair parts off ebay or run it till it blows like it is, buy another LT or a new black vanguard for 699.