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Thread: How to install Cams and Springs and/or Retainers in the VE

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2013-05-20 13:45:12
#51
Originally Posted by bummy
hi, do you have to remove the rocker shaft to do the springs? can you fold them out of the way? only reason i ask is that my engine is in a rwd car. so i need to remove engine to pull the shafts out. i guess it would be harder to leave them there. but just wondering if it is possible.

You do have to remove the rocker arm shafts. But, you may be able to remove them from the front. There are 2 small freeze plugs that line up with the shafts. If you remove them, i think you can get the shafts out the front. Definitely not as easy. But the freeze plugs are only $1 each to replace.
2014-01-26 06:24:09
#52
Instead of filling the cylinders with air or feeding a rope inside them, would it be possible to replace the springs and retainers while the engine is on a stand upside down? Or would everything just fall out?
I have never done this before, so I am not yet sure how the valves are held in there, but I do not have a compressor and I do not know how reliable the rope method is.
2014-01-26 07:11:38
#53
I would get the compressor on Amazon. Don't mess around with ropes. it's your motor, bad idea to take shortcuts.... so ive found
2014-01-27 03:56:55
#54
So that would be a no to doing it upside down?
I may just end up taking the head off.
Last edited by Matej on 2014-01-27 at 04-14-31.
2014-01-27 19:28:08
#55
Originally Posted by Matej
So that would be a no to doing it upside down?
I may just end up taking the head off.

Call me about this.

Also, I need your phone #
2014-01-27 19:30:04
#56
Originally Posted by Matej
Instead of filling the cylinders with air or feeding a rope inside them, would it be possible to replace the springs and retainers while the engine is on a stand upside down? Or would everything just fall out?
I have never done this before, so I am not yet sure how the valves are held in there, but I do not have a compressor and I do not know how reliable the rope method is.


Putting the engine upside down will not help. The point of using the rope or compress air method is to keep the valve from moving so you can compress the spring and break loose the valve keepers.

If you don't hold the valves still when compressing the springs, they both will go up and down together and you won't be able to break the keepers loose.
2014-01-31 21:45:30
#57
One last question. When using the compressor method, does one use an adapter to thread the end of the air hose into the spark plug hole, or is it sufficient to just stick the hose through it?

I ended up purchasing an air compressor and this style of tool, so I should be set.



Originally Posted by GregV

Call me about this.

Also, I need your phone #

Just sent you an email with my number.
Last edited by Matej on 2014-01-31 at 21-47-10.
2014-01-31 21:57:44
#58
You need an adapter to thread in. I usually sell / provide a compression tester that has a quick release coupling and then the piece for the air hose so they mate up right.

How much was that thing? I sell the whack-a-mole thing for like $45.
2014-04-20 23:37:34
#59
Originally Posted by GregV
Next step is important. Tap the rocker arms ontop the valves and shims several times, as hard as you can. You want to be sure the shims will not slip out. Very important step!

What is the best way to do this, and should the shims end up being level with the rim of the retainer? Mine seem to stick out pretty far at the moment.
2014-04-21 03:15:16
#60
Originally Posted by Matej
Originally Posted by GregV
Next step is important. Tap the rocker arms ontop the valves and shims several times, as hard as you can. You want to be sure the shims will not slip out. Very important step!

What is the best way to do this, and should the shims end up being level with the rim of the retainer? Mine seem to stick out pretty far at the moment.

They can stick out. They must be placed in exactly the same spot. That is the important thing.
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