broken valve spring.........oh no
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Re: broken valve spring.........oh no You are probably ok on the valves. You can change them all in the car. Not a big project.
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Re: broken valve spring.........oh no mjf454,
If you have a valve sitting lower than all the others (with rockers off of course) then you do have a bent valve. Just pull the one head and replace the valve.
Joe.
If you have a valve sitting lower than all the others (with rockers off of course) then you do have a bent valve. Just pull the one head and replace the valve.
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Re: broken valve spring.........oh no Well the lifter was up on the lobe, so i turned the motor over by hand and i can grab the valve and spin it, pull it up and down, so looks like all i need is a set of new springs. I am very happy i dont have to pull the heads.
Thanks for the help.
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Thanks for the help.
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broken valve spring.........oh no I seem to have broken the #7 spring on the intake side. I know this seems to be a normal problem on a ls1. What are the odds that i bent a valve?
I was pulling away from a stop sign, heard real bad missing, some clanking and shut the car off and coasted over to the curb.I towed the car home and pulled the valve covers and #7 is sitting about 3/8" to a 1/2" lower than the rest of the valves. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[guns]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_guns.gif" /> crappy springs
I was pulling away from a stop sign, heard real bad missing, some clanking and shut the car off and coasted over to the curb.I towed the car home and pulled the valve covers and #7 is sitting about 3/8" to a 1/2" lower than the rest of the valves. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[guns]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_guns.gif" /> crappy springs
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Re: broken valve spring.........oh no </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Nasty N8:
<strong>You are probably ok on the valves. You can change them all in the car. Not a big project.
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Nate, how hard is it to replace the springs? Do you really need the 'special' valve spring tool to do the job?
<strong>You are probably ok on the valves. You can change them all in the car. Not a big project.
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Nate, how hard is it to replace the springs? Do you really need the 'special' valve spring tool to do the job?
