Setting up to lap the valves.
- timnealey
- Jun 24, 2015
- 1 min read
Ordered new springs / collars
Rocker springs were still good, minimal wear on the armatures. Still using same old cork for the rods.
Had to wait a bit to get a valve puller. I used a small magnet to grab the half washers. The valve puller it self... I found I had to clamp the center with my fingers in lieu of ruining the threaded part. With a rag I was able to get good compression of the spring. There is a little tabbed bridge in the tool and applying force to that seemed to help at first yet, fear that would break the tool. Turning the handle by it self seemed to just spin forever without somehow applying force to stop the spin of the threaded part that goes into the handle.
Took a bit of time with it as I was lapping the valves and trying to find the right position to hold the tool to get the force every time. Using the bridge to start then squeezing the outter edges of the bridge with downward force as tighten the handle. I could only get so far before had to squeeze the threads to get more compression.
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