i am doing my cams soon. and plan to replace my valve stems/seals at same time.

now. i dont know how to remove them... where can i get valve stem remover?

someone with this experance.. please let me know.

thanks alot

 

Snap-On sells them, just call them up and tell them you need a DOHC valve stem seal remover, when i bought mine it was 38 dollars, and without it, it takes about 5 minutes a seal and a bitch to take off.

 

i used this little guy, wonderful

its a bitch and you'll need some leverage.

 

there is usually a miniature slide hammer style valve seal remover on ebay... ~$12... it's badass compared to the plier style IMO.

EDIT: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWD1V

 

The snap on one makes it so you can use the side of the head for leverage.

 

I like the slide hammer type as well. I have the one from Goodson.

The plier type are much harder to use, especially if you don't have the head strapped down to keep it from moving.

However, you still need a set of pliers sometimes because the claws on the slide hammer type can't get under the lip of the seal, so you need to use a set of pliers to lift it up a little.

 

i just used pliers.

 

I used a screwdriver and a small hammer to break the old one off. and to install the new i used a socket that fited and placed it on top to bump it down.. it worked..

 

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EDIT: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWD1V</TD></TR></TABLE>

will this sucker work for sure??

or should i just break it off since i dont need the older ones anymore?

it's my first time doing this job.. anyone have how to on this thing or is it pretty simple thing?

do you need to take the head off the motor or is it still possible to do it with the head on the car?

so. you can remove the stems after removing retainer and vavle springs correct?

 

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no, you cannot remove the valve stems, they are an integral part of the valve. you can however remove the valve stem seals once removing the retainers, and valve springs. If you plan on doing it with the head on the block, i'd suggest doing it 1 cylinder at a time, and be prepared for a sore back.

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will this sucker work for sure??
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No. i have absolutly no idea what i'm doing, and i'm just trying to con people into spending $10 on ebay as opposed to spending $40 with a less effective snap on tool.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by D &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">no, you cannot remove the valve stems, they are an integral part of the valve. you can however remove the valve stem seals once removing the retainers, and valve springs. If you plan on doing it with the head on the block, i'd suggest doing it 1 cylinder at a time, and be prepared for a sore back.

No. i have absolutly no idea what i'm doing, and i'm just trying to con people into spending $10 on ebay as opposed to spending $40 with a less effective snap on tool. </TD></TR></TABLE>

hey. thanks for the help.. i had no idea how to do this thing..
so it's almost like pulling out teeth ? lol. i just had my wisdon teeth taken out and they hurt like ****

so i pull it out a bit with pliers first and use that ebay tool to pull the rest out?

 

i need more help since i am gonna do this thing soon .. please help

 

Seriously, its not hard at all.

With the tool I posted, you only need to have strong hands. I had my head on a a little step thingy, I put my foot on to hold it down and I pulled the 'pliers' as hard as I could. However, some of the seals came of just by clamping down hard and wiggling back and forth, up and down.