TOOL TO CHANGE THE VALVE STEM OIL SEALS WITHOUT REMOVING THE CYLINDER HEAD
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HOW TO CHANGE THE VALVE STEM OIL SEALS WITHOUT REMOVING THE CYLINDER HEAD
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Warning ; You use the following method at your own risk
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QUESTION ;
Have you ever wanted to change your valve stem oil seals and dreaded having to take the head off ?
ANSWER ;
{ 1 } Remove Spark Plug{s}
{ 2 } Remove Rocker Cover
{ 3 } Remove complete Rocker gear assembly
{ 4 } Get an offcut of house wire as per ;
LENGTH ; Any from 20cms up to 10 metres
WIDTH ; 10cms
{ 5 } Insert cable through spark plug hole and the following photo shows how the end of the cable is positioned in the cylinder
The cable stops the valve dropping down
{ 6 } I made a valve removal tool from an old Reliant Robin seat channel as per ;
{ 7 } Place the tool over one of the Rocker assembly pillar studs and fit a spacer { larger nut etc } and the original nut as per ;
{ 8 } Notice the easy access to the 2 valve collets in the next photo
FOLLOWING PHOTO SHOWS A CLOSEUP AROUND THE VALVE HEAD AREA ;
{ 9 } HOW TO USE THE TOOL
By using the channel design , the collets have less chance of falling off as they are retained in the channel .
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I made the tool because I needed to change my first broken valve spring in over 40 years of Reliant ownership !
Next photo shows my broken valve spring next to a good valve spring .
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