Without valve comp. tool EVO look see
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Without valve comp. tool EVO look see
98 dyna EVO, doing a top end and just tested the head not involved in the broken valve issue and water seeped through the seating of the intake valve. How do I open the valve cylinder to see if there is an obstruction rather than a bad seat? I do not have a HD valve compression tool.
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If you are doing a top end job you need to remove the valve springs. They can be removed be taking a 5/8" deep socket and a hammer. Put the socket on the retainer and give it a medium whack with the hammer. The retainer will go down and the retainers will pop out after a whack or two. Now you will need a tool to put it back together, or the shop that does your valves could do it. Hope this helps.
John
John
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Thanks, the machine shop where I am taking my jugs for a honing said he would take care of the valves on the old head. He is a Harley owner and said he would do that for free. Someone who claimed he was helping me removed the bolts attaching the cam cover on the right and instead of marking where the bolts came from handed them to me and said we could figure out how to put them back later. Well it is later and he is not here does anyone know how they go or is there somewhere I can look. The manual tells us to mark them before taking them off but does not offer a way to fix the problem when that is not done. Some are longer than the others and I do not want to mistakenly put one in the wrong hole.(Ha Ha).
I borrowed a tool from Autozone to check the new head and valves to see how it was accomplished.
Pinetop
I borrowed a tool from Autozone to check the new head and valves to see how it was accomplished.
Pinetop
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If you are doing a top end job you need to remove the valve springs. They can be removed be taking a 5/8" deep socket and a hammer. Put the socket on the retainer and give it a medium whack with the hammer. The retainer will go down and the retainers will pop out after a whack or two. Now you will need a tool to put it back together, or the shop that does your valves could do it. Hope this helps.
John
John
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No biggie trying to figure out which length bolt goes where, just put the cam cover in position and put the bolts in but don`t tighten them, when they are in the correct position, they will all have the same amount of bolt exposed.
Or drop them into the holes of the uninstalled cover, the exposed ends of the bolts should be the same length.
Or drop them into the holes of the uninstalled cover, the exposed ends of the bolts should be the same length.
Last edited by Dan89FLSTC; 09-23-2012 at 07:49 PM.