Abstract: A two-armed lever which can be used as a rocker arm in the valve mechanism of a combustion engine has a central portion defining a rectangular passage for reception of a cam-actuated bearing on the rocker arm shaft. The first arm of the lever has a cupped motion receiving first portion which receives the complementary head of a push rod, and a second portion having an H-shaped cross-sectional outline and located between the cupped portion and the walls surrounding the passage in the central portion of the lever. The other arm of the lever has a first portion provided with an arcuate surface serving to transmit motion to the shank of an exhaust valve, and a second portion having an H-shaped cross-sectional outline and disposed between the first portion of the second lever and the walls surrounding the passage.