Tricks for valve retainer keepers?

[drew at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (Drew MacPherson)]

You can usually free the upper spring seat from the keeprs by using a 
suitably sized socket and a (deadblow) hammer to give the upper spring 
seat a good sharp whack.  This technique works for me every time on diesel 
valves, which for some reason or other seem to really like to get stuck.  
Don't be afraid of hitting it too hard... :)

Drew

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, Neal Tovsen wrote:

> 
> The problem is that the valve was sticking in the keeper/retainer
> assembly. The keepers weren't sliding out of the retainer so that I
> could get them out.


-- 
/=============================================\
|  84 Wolfsburg Edition TurboDiesel Scirocco  |
|    http://scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca/gtd       |
\=============================================/