F'ed Up Adjusting Valves
08-11-2004, 08:10 AM
#22
Originally Posted by Dark_Sub_Rosa,Aug 11 2004, 10:45 AM
damn looks like I'm gonna need to go back in there and check my torque specs... I tightened those things hard and have been driving for a while now on them..
08-11-2004, 08:18 AM
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Hey Dark, I have four pieces of advice for you if you want to do the job right:
1) Get a Helms Service Manual
2) Get a torque wrench
3) Get the tool
4) Take your time
Practice makes perfect but make sure you have all the info you need before you start. Sounds to me like you were unprepared the first time you tackled this task. You need to torque the jam-nut down to specs in order to perform a proper valve lashing. BTW, I hope you're performing this task while the engine is bone cold.
1) Get a Helms Service Manual
2) Get a torque wrench
3) Get the tool
4) Take your time
Practice makes perfect but make sure you have all the info you need before you start. Sounds to me like you were unprepared the first time you tackled this task. You need to torque the jam-nut down to specs in order to perform a proper valve lashing. BTW, I hope you're performing this task while the engine is bone cold.
08-11-2004, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by gernby,Aug 11 2004, 10:10 AM
The issue is that the nuts are small, so overtightening could easily strip them or snap the stud. Obviously, if you undertighten, the clearance could change (very undersireable).
08-11-2004, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Rio S2K,Aug 11 2004, 10:18 AM
Hey Dark, I have four pieces of advice for you if you want to do the job right:
1) Get a Helms Service Manual
2) Get a torque wrench
3) Get the tool
4) Take your time
Practice makes perfect but make sure you have all the info you need before you start. Sounds to me like you were unprepared the first time you tackled this task. You need to torque the jam-nut down to specs in order to perform a proper valve lashing. BTW, I hope you're performing this task while the engine is bone cold.
1) Get a Helms Service Manual
2) Get a torque wrench
3) Get the tool
4) Take your time
Practice makes perfect but make sure you have all the info you need before you start. Sounds to me like you were unprepared the first time you tackled this task. You need to torque the jam-nut down to specs in order to perform a proper valve lashing. BTW, I hope you're performing this task while the engine is bone cold.
2. I have the tool
3. I took a lot of time to do it
I've done a lot of work before on cars so its not like I'm tackling this for the first time. I made sure the engine was really cool before I did it. I even did the adjustment at the dealership....The only thing really to be unprepared was I didn't torque them. The times I've done valves before everytime I didn't have the tool and when I had to tighten them wihout the adjustment tool it always moved the adjuster a little tighter than it needed.
08-11-2004, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by gernby,Aug 11 2004, 11:10 AM
Obviously, if you undertighten, the clearance could change (very undesireable).
(For those of you that don't know... I'm just kidding around. gernby is right, it would be a bad thing if you have randomly, dynamically changing valve clearances).
VVC ....
08-11-2004, 09:37 AM
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Actually, If the nuts are loose enough to allow the valve clearance to change, I'm sure the nut will evenually just become a "foreign object" floating around in the engine. The nut and set screw is moving up and down 75 times per second at redline.
08-11-2004, 11:12 AM
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Well, thanks for the advice and the quick responses guys. A local board member said he'd stop by this weekend and help me out with this. So 
to g-s2k and thank god for S2KI
to g-s2k and thank god for S2KI
08-11-2004, 03:41 PM
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I have the Marcucci tool 
It works like a charm. Though it still took us 4 hours to do as I wanted everything to be absolutely perfect. And I triple checked every gap and torqued nut.
It works like a charm. Though it still took us 4 hours to do as I wanted everything to be absolutely perfect. And I triple checked every gap and torqued nut.