AZ2ENVY

I just finished putting on 26918 "beehive" valve springs on my
buddies heads and I noticed something ive never noticed before .
The tip of the valve stem is not flush with the retainer
I have pics of the heads with the stock valve springs on and the
valve stem is not flush with the stock retainers either . Is this normal
and I just never noticed this before or is something wrong here ?
Thanks in advance

SS RRR

Simply a different style retainer. Did you check to make sure the spring install height is correct with those retainers?

AZ2ENVY

Yea everything came out fine . Here is a pic of the heads with the
factory springs & retainers and youll notice that the valve stems are
sticking up past the retainers like they are now with the 26918's .
Any thoughts ?

MachinistOne

Like was said above, as long as your spring installed height is correct, that is normal, the height of the valve tip to the top of the retainer can change +/-.100" depending on your retainer/lock combination.

Stoopalini

If the retainer was flush with the top of the valvestem, self aligning rockers wouldn't work ... it's normal.

Thomas.

AZ2ENVY

Thanks for all the help