Date:         Tue, 30 Mar 2004 00:02:35 -0400
Reply-To:     Herr Wibo Fichten <wibo.fichten@ROGERS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Herr Wibo Fichten <wibo.fichten@ROGERS.COM>
Subject:      Valve guide removal / replacement
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Hello Vanagonites the world over,

Has anyone ever removed the valve guides.  Bentley mentions nothing of this
procedure and the archives appear to be silent on the subject too.  Does it
require specialized tools or presses?

Mine seem pretty well stuck in the heads and I would hesitate a long time
before banging away on them for fear of bending, breaking or deforming them.
In fact except for a single picture in Bentley, that suggests it, I don't
even know if they come out from the piston side or the valve spring side.

The list vendors carry them and in several sizes.  They refer to oversized
guides: are we talking of inside diameter or outside diameter?  Mine are so
tight (press fit?) I can't imagine it would be outside, but what use for
larger inside diameters?   What is the purpose of these?

Fichten