Instructions for Installing Valve Spring Retainers
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Check out my F*$cked up Valve spring retainer!
Well, I was looking into my engine after I took my valve cover off, and i noticed a small piece of metal at the bottom of my head. And this is what i found.....AAHHHH
It isn't to clear of a picture, but that is the tope of my broken retainer. It liek split in half. Now I have to put new retainers on there. Also I need to know where to get 2 more valve adjustment nuts for my engine. Does anyone know if any other honda engine has those nuts?
It isn't to clear of a picture, but that is the tope of my broken retainer. It liek split in half. Now I have to put new retainers on there. Also I need to know where to get 2 more valve adjustment nuts for my engine. Does anyone know if any other honda engine has those nuts?
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re: Valve spring retainer
The valve spring retainers on my '91 CRX Si look something like this:
See attached file.
(two per valve spring; solid tempered steel)
Your picture isn't clear. It looks like a piece of wire (from who knows where) or a broken tiny spring that goes around the top of an intake valve stem seal.
Take Care,
ChrisS
See attached file.
(two per valve spring; solid tempered steel)
Your picture isn't clear. It looks like a piece of wire (from who knows where) or a broken tiny spring that goes around the top of an intake valve stem seal.
Take Care,
ChrisS
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That is a first. Haven't seen that one before.
All B series vtec heads have the right parts for your motor. I am unsure as to whether retainers are transferrable between non-vtec and vtec heads. Maybe a search for the part number would be a good idea. The honda dealership should be able to order the parts you need if they don't have them in stock.
All B series vtec heads have the right parts for your motor. I am unsure as to whether retainers are transferrable between non-vtec and vtec heads. Maybe a search for the part number would be a good idea. The honda dealership should be able to order the parts you need if they don't have them in stock.
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Instructions for Installing Valve Spring Retainers
Well, I was peering into my engine yester day, and I noticed the top of 2 of my retainers were broken off. So then I saw a piece of the retainers in the bottom of my head. SO now I have to put 2 new retainers on my engine. I was wodneirng if anyone had any instructions like from a manual on how to do this. I know you have to take off the Oil Rails and the things below it that hold down the cams, but do I have to take the cam all the way off? I don't want to have to redo all of my timing and eveything, because I have never done it and I don't know how to. Also I don't have a timing light.
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The section in the Integra service manual for a vtec head will be a good walkthrough. The manual can be found in the civic forum sticky as a PDF file. Essentially you have to remove the cams to be able to compress the springs. Unless you have the snap-on on car spring compressor, you will have to remove the head to compress the springs.