can't take it any more
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Staging Lane
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 69
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From: mt. holly springs, pa
can't take it any more i'm so pissed at my car right now. i'm about to sell it as-is. i just got the tim tool and i still can't get these ******* valve springs to go on. now the problem is the spring will not line up with the valve stem. it won't give me enough room to get the keepers in. it seems like the spring is cocked to one side. so it jams against the valve. i don't understand what i'm doing wrong. 
u need to make sure the "prongs" on the valve spring compressor are staggered. if you have them even its going to pull the valve spring to one side. the spring needs to pull straight up and if it does get "jammed" on the valve...stop and loosen it or you can cause damage to the valve. just slow down and be patient or try to find someone in your area who has changed 1000 or so valve springs and is willing to help.
patience. take a break and forget about it for a while.
is the tool pushing on the top side of the spring (intake side of the spring)? im not real familiar with the tool....
pics?
is the tool pushing on the top side of the spring (intake side of the spring)? im not real familiar with the tool....
pics?
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Joined: Feb 2002
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From: Loganville, GA
Originally Posted by fguy1998
i'm so pissed at my car right now. i'm about to sell it as-is. i just got the tim tool and i still can't get these ******* valve springs to go on. now the problem is the spring will not line up with the valve stem. it won't give me enough room to get the keepers in. it seems like the spring is cocked to one side. so it jams against the valve. i don't understand what i'm doing wrong.
