Valve Guide: Service and Repair

REMOVAL

NOTE: The valve guide is installed using a press fit.






. Using the valve guide installer push rod tool No. 09221-22000, push the valve guide out toward the cylinder block with a press.

INSTALLATION
1. Machine the valve guide insert hole in the cylinder head to the specified oversize of the new valve guide.






2. Using the valve guide installer, press fit the valve guide.
- Using the valve guide installer makes it possible to press fit the valve guide to a predetermined height.
- Install the valve guide from the top of the cylinder head.

NOTE: Intake and exhaust valve guides differ in length:
Intake: 42.70 mm (1.6800 inch).
Exhaust: 39.10 mm (1.5400 inch) for exhaust).

3. After installing the valve guides, insert new valves and check the clearance.
4. Whenever valve guides are replaced, check for valve-to-seat contact, and recondition the valve seats as necessary.