How do you check the preload on the valve springs?
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Re: How do you check the preload on the valve springs? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by TimZ28:
<strong>Are you asking how to check spring install height or lifter preload?
Tim</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Obviously I got the terms all wrong <img border="0" title="" alt="[Embarrassed]" src="gr_emb.gif" /> I was originally asking around about which length push rods to get for my milled heads. I got that answered but I was supposed to check for the "preload" on the springs or something like that. So can someone tell me the correct term and how to do it?
thanks
<strong>Are you asking how to check spring install height or lifter preload?
Tim</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Obviously I got the terms all wrong <img border="0" title="" alt="[Embarrassed]" src="gr_emb.gif" /> I was originally asking around about which length push rods to get for my milled heads. I got that answered but I was supposed to check for the "preload" on the springs or something like that. So can someone tell me the correct term and how to do it?
thanks
