97egl
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- Feb 6, 2014
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Brownsburg,
Indiana
I have totally given up hope on getting a machine shop to do any work right in the area I'm in so I am trying to buy what I need to cut valve seats and install valve guides myself.
For installing the valve guides I have turned down an air chisel bit to the guide diameter. Only other question I really have is if I need a reamer to run thru the bore of the guide after installing it and if so what size.
For cutting the valve seats I have been having trouble determining what Pilot to get. Valve stem diameters are listed as 6.6mm which would make their pilot that tapers 6.58-6.61mm correct. But I am measuring guide diameters and valve stem diameters of stuff I have and I am getting 6.53-6.55mm. I have measure with several different calipers and micrometers and have gotten the same results. So is my equipment wrong/I don't know how to measure or are the diameters listed wrong on valve stem diameter & guide diameters.
For installing the valve guides I have turned down an air chisel bit to the guide diameter. Only other question I really have is if I need a reamer to run thru the bore of the guide after installing it and if so what size.
For cutting the valve seats I have been having trouble determining what Pilot to get. Valve stem diameters are listed as 6.6mm which would make their pilot that tapers 6.58-6.61mm correct. But I am measuring guide diameters and valve stem diameters of stuff I have and I am getting 6.53-6.55mm. I have measure with several different calipers and micrometers and have gotten the same results. So is my equipment wrong/I don't know how to measure or are the diameters listed wrong on valve stem diameter & guide diameters.
