RR Studs keep breaking???

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06-22-2003, 07:19 AM

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revtime

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Can,t the valve fall into the cylinder if you remove the keeper?

06-22-2003, 08:42 AM

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Ken95Z28

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Originally posted by revtime
Can,t the valve fall into the cylinder if you remove the keeper?

If the piston is at TDC the valve will only fall about 1/4 of an inch. That's why you do one cylinder at a time. Most of the time the valve will stay up do to the valve seal, if the valve loosely fall downs it might be a good time to change the valve seals.