4DRSS

Pulled my valve covers today because I developed a miss and suspected a valve train problem.

Sure enough I have a broken valve spring. Good news is it appears it's a clean break (no pieces), the rocker is OK, the pushrod looks good, and the valve didn't fall in the cylinder.

Now the dilemma is do I just replace the spring or should I pull the head? I really don't want to pull the heads unless I absolutely have to. Any suggestions?

Here are a couple pics

http://www.regionofdoomforum.com/Upl...SS/spring1.jpg

http://www.regionofdoomforum.com/Upl...SS/spring2.jpg

rick lambert

Very clean looking! I wouldn't pull the head for one spring-no way!

John A. Marker

Replace the spring. Use compressed air to hold up the valves or the rope stuffed into the cylinder thru the spark plug hole to hold the valves. Run a search for more information.

You can use these methods to replace the spring without pulling the head.