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Old Mar 21, 2007 | 07:05 PM
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Default How do i remove the bottom spring seat?

Taking apart some stock heads, is the valve guide pressed in?
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Some years had a one piece spring seat/valve seal.

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Now, if your cam/spring package came with new seats, you're going to need to remove the valve stem oil seals. Using a pair of pliers, grab the oil seal as shown in the picture and wiggle/pull upwards and work the seal off.

If you have a 2001+ car, the oil seals and stock spring seat will be one piece and you just pulled both out. If you have a 2000 or earlier, the oil seal will be a small black or brown thimble shaped thing, and you can now remove the stock spring seat (using a pen magnet is easiest to pick it up).
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Originally Posted by noxiouSS
Taking apart some stock heads, is the valve guide pressed in?
VALVE GUIDE is pressed in.
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VALVE GUIDE is pressed in.
Doh! Don't know what I was thinking.
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VALVE GUIDE is pressed in.
cool, thats what i thought
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Not sure I follow, the question in the thread title is valve seat, but you are asking if the valve guide is pressed in. Are you changing the guides?
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Originally Posted by vettenuts
Not sure I follow, the question in the thread title is valve seat, but you are asking if the valve guide is pressed in. Are you changing the guides?
The title is spring seat. If they have the separate seat/seal, you remove the valve guide seal with a pair of pliers then remove the spring seat. If they have the one piece seal/seat, the seat comes off with the seal. Same thing, grap them with a pair of pliers.
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