• When installing a new valve always replace
the guide.
• If the valve is removed or replaced always
replace the oil seal.
5. Eliminate:
• carbon deposits
(from the valve face and valve seat)
6. Check:
• valve seats
Pitting/wear → Reface the valve seat.
7. Measure:
• valve seat width
Out of specification → Reface the valve seat.
a. Apply Mechanic’s blueing dye (Dykem)
to
the valve face.
b. Install the valve into the cylinder head.
c. Press the valve through the valve guide and
onto the valve seat to make a clear pattern.
d. Measure the valve seat width. Where the
valve seat and valve face made contact,
blueing will have been removed.
e. If the valve seat is too wide, too narrow, or
the seat is not centered, the valve seat must
be refaced.
Valve seat width
Intake
0.90 ~ 1.10 mm
(0.0354 ~ 0.0433 in)
<Limit>: 1.6 mm (0.063 in)
Exhaust
0.90 ~ 1.10 mm
(0.0354 ~ 0.0433 in)
<Limit>: 1.6 mm (0.063 in)
a
b
a
b
8. Lap:
• valve face
• valve seat
After refacing the valve seat or replacing the
valve and valve guide, the valve seat and
valve face should be lapped.
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