[RESOLVED] grr! Unable to collapse lifters

[lapeer20m]

I read the vfaq on lifter noise and how to remove them from the engine, clean, and reassemble. My problem is that i am unable to get the lifters to collapse after i remove them. The instructions say to stick a paperclip in the hole in the top of the lifter until it reaches the bottom, then push a little harder and "you can easily collapse the lifter" Except I cannot easily or otherwise collapse the lifter. I tried with 8 different lifters and had no luck. Even pushed the paperclip using a pair of needle nose pliers. I pushed hard enough that i bent the paperclip, which made me nervous...I don't want that breaking off inside!

anybody care to tell me what i'm doing wrong?

thanks

 

[turboglenn]

maybe too thick of a paper clip. I admit it was a tad tricky to get it figured out the first time ( about 8 years ago) but after getting the first one, they are all pretty easy now. I use pretty thin paper clips that are stuck to a magnet in my tool box.

 

[NN4S]

Use a thin paperclip that you've straightened well or a small, long allen wrench; you'll move it around in the lifter until it finds the pressure release hole in the bottom of the lifter at which point it'll go down a little more as you press it. It doesn't take a lot of force, just being in the correct place for it to release. I prefer to use a set of welding tip cleaners since they straight, hardened wires of various sizes; it makes finding the largest one that will fit correctly easy and gives a large grip area to hold while I'm cleaning the lifters in the diesel fuel (slippery stuff!).

 

[DSMunknown]

See if this video helps you out.





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[blcknspo0ln]

Holy gigantic finger nail! Good video, though.

 

[bane3d]

That was a really good and informative video.

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[lapeer20m]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

that was a great video

i must have been missing the valve in the bottom when i stuck the paperclip inside.

 

[turboglenn]

Great vid! What was the CAS that was on that head? It looked different than any 1g CAS i've seen and didn't look like a 2g but i couldn't get a good look at it from teh camera moving about. Again, great tutorial/vid. I'm sur eit will help a lot of people.. Maybe this thread could be modified , cleaned up and put in the tech section with your vid in it!

 

[JFZERO ECLIPSE]

When I first did a set of lifters, I used a paper clip as stated above, mine was pretty think though because of the revised lifters I had....But anywho,I couldn't collapse them for the life of me, everthing that you said above happened to me.

There is a little hole in there, you have to go in almost perfectly straight or it wont go in and collapse it.... heres a juvenile drawing of the inside I'm sure you get the idea....
I_ _I
..II

Get between those to I's its very easy to put it in the wrong place and bend the paper clip....