1320king

iTrader: (4)

So i put my hole motor together and was going through some pictures and realized that 3 or 4 of my valve seals arent fully seated . I took lots of pictures luckily and i have a picture of the ones i am talking about. Now there deff on, and on damn near all the way but in the pic you can see a tiny gap between the end of the seal and the guide. Now the issue is the motor is FULLY assembled. Heads torqed down etc and i dont have the spring compressor needed to take the springs off without taking the heads off . What do you think i should do? Here are the pics _>


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A.R. Shale Targa

iTrader: (2)

I would want them all the way on for two reasons. First so they don't pop off and secondly to make sure the underside of the retainer doesn't crash into the seal at full lift.

1320king

iTrader: (4)

well even all the way bottomed out they still dont contact the retainer. Just sucks because i dont have the tool to remove the springs without removing the heads

BattleBird

Mine didn't sit all the way down either. In fact the little sheet of paper that came in the box said there would be a gap.

1320king

iTrader: (4)

ya but do you see the gap at the top of the valve guide? there is lie an 1/8th inch gap that can still get tapped down. but would it make or break the situation. its on there and on there good but iam just not sure if that 1/8th inch is going to kill it.

td1168

iTrader: (2)

I must be missing something. You took pics of the seals not being all the way down but you went ahead and assembled everything anyway? Should have researched your problem before you assembled the heads and torqued them down. Just get a spring compressor and the air fitting and fix the problem.

1320king

iTrader: (4)

no no. I built the motor, then was going through pictures and realized. I was taking pics during my build, and when i installed them i tapped them on pretty good. but only 3 or 4 of all the seals didnt fully bottom out. 3 deff and 1 i cant tell in the pictures i took.