AFR's RESOLUTION (Valve tip issue)
valves are bad on my 205s on my TBSS. pulling them and AFR is taking care of the problem. yea, its an inconvenience, but i am more than happy that AFR has stepped up to the plate and is taking care of this. my hat is off to AFR, and a special thanks to tony!
todd
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Tony both you and AFR have CLASS
Originally Posted by DaddySS
Tony: This is outstanding IMHO and an excellent approach from you on the customer service side. Replace the heads, pay for shipping, supply head gaskets, cover labor and fluids, now that's what I call a responsible performance parts group standing behind their product. Sure there will be those who think it's not enough and those who think it's more than generous but it is certainly a good, honest, quality approach to the problem.
Hat's off to you and you'll no doubt make some customers for life by your actions - count me as one!
Hat's off to you and you'll no doubt make some customers for life by your actions - count me as one!
That is proof enough for me...I will be getting my AFR's after my TDY in March...save some 205's with 62cc chambers for me.
My mechanic and I pulled off the valve covers off of my 205's 2 weeks ago, heads have 12,000 miles on them. We did not see any unusal damage or wear, slight normal wear is all we found.
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From: Gainesville, Florida
Bringing this thread back from the dead...
How would one know if one's heads might be effected by this issue? I was putting them on tonight, then I saw this. My heads are over two years old, and have never been installed. I really don't want to pull them off again.
Can any tests be done, aside from shipping the things back to AFR? I'm sure I could utilize some tools at my local university (U of Florida) to test the hardness of the valve tips, if necissary.
Thanks,
Grant
How would one know if one's heads might be effected by this issue? I was putting them on tonight, then I saw this. My heads are over two years old, and have never been installed. I really don't want to pull them off again.
Can any tests be done, aside from shipping the things back to AFR? I'm sure I could utilize some tools at my local university (U of Florida) to test the hardness of the valve tips, if necissary.
Thanks,
Grant
Take your valve cover off and inspect the tip of your valves
One of mine was mushroomed out and even with the retainer and keeper, instead of sticking out some past the retainer.
Six other valves were nicked and chewed at the on top where the rockers tips touched them.
One of mine was mushroomed out and even with the retainer and keeper, instead of sticking out some past the retainer.
Six other valves were nicked and chewed at the on top where the rockers tips touched them.
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Bringing this thread back from the dead...
How would one know if one's heads might be effected by this issue? I was putting them on tonight, then I saw this. My heads are over two years old, and have never been installed. I really don't want to pull them off again.
Can any tests be done, aside from shipping the things back to AFR? I'm sure I could utilize some tools at my local university (U of Florida) to test the hardness of the valve tips, if necissary.
Thanks,
Grant
How would one know if one's heads might be effected by this issue? I was putting them on tonight, then I saw this. My heads are over two years old, and have never been installed. I really don't want to pull them off again.
Can any tests be done, aside from shipping the things back to AFR? I'm sure I could utilize some tools at my local university (U of Florida) to test the hardness of the valve tips, if necissary.
Thanks,
Grant
It takes a specialized piece of equipment to test the tip hardness.
If you have the means of removing the valves just send them to me directly at AFR and let us test and replace whatever might be defective. We will cover all the shipping costs involved.
Give me a jingle at the shop....(661)257-8124 Ext. 109
I should be back there in about an hour (2 PM PST).
Leave a message on my voicemail in case I miss you.
Thanks,
Tony
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sooo something like this.......... and there was not any noticeable noise i just happened to stumble upon this problem cause one of my valve cover gaskets was leaking and when i took it off this is what i saw. got lucky before something really bad happened...
