Question regarding Dodge Shadow (lol)

hey guys! i know this is a metro forum, and i indeed own a metro, but i have a question regarding a 93 dodge shadow i am rebuilding to make money off of, and no one knows anything in the dodge forums, and i know that people in the metro forum are knowledgeable, so here goes:

directly above the camshafts are rocker arm shafts. well, i postioned them correctly over the correct head, but when i tightened them, about 3 or 4 of the 8 would not tighten fully and seat where they should have, but they got so tight after a while that they could no longer be tightend. the shaft rested fully on the heads, and a few of the bolts rested fully, but those stubborn few did not. i pulled them out today, and two of the bolts were stripped at the bottom. are the threads just dirty or what? i need to put this together as soon as possible but this is a road block. any help is great. thanks in advance!

Are you talking about the cam journal cap bolts? or the headbolts? A pic would help. I had a shelby tubro 2.2L a while back, and rebuilt the head a few times.

I just did heads on a 3.0l a year ago and can't remember wheter the bolts were all the same lenght or not.

no, the rocker arm shaft that goes on top of the camshaft....bolts are same size....it is a 3.0L V6.......

perhaps there was some metal in them. I would run a thread tap through them and make sure the threads are clean. Also get some new bolts.