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Old 02-05-2004, 11:00 PM
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I pulled my valve cover off today to look at replcing my 918 springs with a new set of springs. And one of my spring seats is sitting half way off the spring. Has any one had this happen i have not yet removed them to see if there is any more problems.
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The spring seat should fit tight to valve guide if not they will walk all over the place some butchers are putting guides in and not the proper fitting seat take one off measure guide od and seat area od to get proper shims
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Well they have been working fine for almost 20,000 miles now adn then it finaly happend.




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