Swapping out springs and retainers. Apart from taking waayyy to long to do this, is there a way to seat the keepers into the valve stem (keepers have a ridge, valve stem has a groove)? I am looking for seurity in knowing that the are seated and won't pop out.



Referring to the picture, the valve on the right is my main concern. See how the keepers are sitting away from the valve stem (not the endgap between the keepers). Probably overreacting.

 

You can never be too careful when dealing with valvetrain parts. Bump, because I also want to know about this.

 

just push up and down on the retainer a few times quickly with your compression tool and make sure theyre sitting flush. the ones in the pic look fine btw

 

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Did exactly that and rotated the keepers 90*. Worked out fine.
I would like to give the engineer at Honda that designed this retaining system a BIG middle finger. I didn't get the hang of it until #12 or so.
Lots of lube, lots of muscle, and lots of patience is the key.

thanks for the response

 

Another way to do it is take a hard rubber tipped hammer,not a mallet; a very very light one, and tap your retainers gently, if you seated the keeper correctly nothing happens. If you see a retainer projecting towards your facel; 1) duck 2) you didnt install that one correctly.

EDIT: oh yead dont forget some eye protection