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General Category => Maintenance => Topic started by: Greg C on July 02, 2018, 03:11:35 PM

Title: Valve Keeper Removal and Installation Tool
Post by: Greg C on July 02, 2018, 03:11:35 PM
Has anyone used one of these? Thoughts? Will it work while the head is still on the bike (rope trick/compressed air)? Enough room?

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/lil-36200?seid=srese1&cm_mmc=pla-google-_-shopping-_-srese1-_-lisle&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIp-eFwJyB3AIVXbnACh2KhA1cEAQYASABEgKsefD_BwE (https://www.summitracing.com/parts/lil-36200?seid=srese1&cm_mmc=pla-google-_-shopping-_-srese1-_-lisle&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIp-eFwJyB3AIVXbnACh2KhA1cEAQYASABEgKsefD_BwE)
Title: Re: Valve Keeper Removal and Installation Tool
Post by: oldktmdude on July 02, 2018, 05:23:48 PM
   G'day Greg, I've had a tool similar to that for about three years. During that time I have used it three times to change
valve stem seals whilst the head was still in place. I also used the rope down the plug hole method to hold the valves in place.
The biggest issue I had was getting a straight hit at the tool when doing the some of the exhaust valves. I overcame this problem by
having someone hit a drift onto the special tool that I was holding. The inlet valves were very easy to do. The valve keepers came
out very easily and were also quickly replaced using this method.
   Regards, Pete.