Patent ID: 6971366

Claim:
An integral lash adjustor for an engine brake, comprising: a plunger assembly; said plunger assembly defining a plunger cavity and having a plunger assembly opening in a top portion, and a horizontal plunger assembly opening communicating with said plunger cavity and an outer surface of said plunger assembly; a plunger having a neck and a lower end, said plunger slidably received within said plunger cavity and extending through said plunger assembly opening, said plunger having a horizontal passage therein; an adjusting screw threadably received within said plunger; a jam nut threadably received on said adjusting screw, said jam nut in abutment with said neck of said plunger; and a spring in communication with said lower end of said plunger for biasing said plunger away from said top surface of said engine brake stand.