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Re: cylinder heads, long winded

To: Fred Pixley <fpixley@kingston.net>
Subject: Re: cylinder heads, long winded
From: ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 07:57:28 -0600
Hi Fred,

  All valve guides need to be reamed to the proper size after they are
pressed in the head, not just bronze guides.  One firther comment: 
Some  machins shops don't do bronze guides because they need a different
type of reamer than that for steel guides.

  My .02,

  CR

Fred Pixley wrote:
> 
> Matt:
> 
> Further to the cylinder head discussion I found that bronze guides are fine
> but you must ream them to the proper dimension after installation to prevent
> the valve stem from binding.
> 
>
> Fred Pixley
> Napanee, Ontario, Canada

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