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CYLINDER HEAD — Inspection (Cont'd) / Valve Seats / Replacing Valve Seat for Service Parts

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Inspection (Cont'd)

Valve guide replacement (continued)

  1. 4
    Heat cylinder head to 110 to 120°C (230 to 248°F) and press service valve guide into cylinder head. Projection "L": 11.5 - 11.7 mm (0.453 - 0.461 in).
    Section view of cylinder head showing two valve guides pressed in from above; arrows labelled "L" indicate guide projection height above the cylinder head spring seat surface.
    SEM159D
  2. 5
    Ream valve guide. Finished size: Intake & Exhaust 5.500 - 5.518 mm (0.2165 - 0.2172 in).
    Hand-reamer reaming a freshly-pressed service valve guide in the cylinder head from above to bring inner diameter to finished size.
    SEM932C
Service valve guide press temperatureHeat cylinder head before pressing
110 - 120 (230 - 248)°C (°F)
Service valve guide projection "L"After pressing into head
11.5 - 11.7 (0.453 - 0.461)mm (in)
Reamed valve guide finished I.D. (Intake & Exhaust)Finished size
5.500 - 5.518 (0.2165 - 0.2172)mm (in)

VALVE SEATS

Check valve seats for any evidence of pitting at valve contact surface, and reset or replace if it has worn out excessively.

Replacing valve seat for service parts

  1. 1
    Bore out old seat until it collapses. The machine depth stop should be set so that boring cannot continue beyond the bottom face of the seat recess in cylinder head.
  2. 2
    Ream cylinder head recess. Reaming bore for service valve seat, Oversize [0.5 mm (0.020 in)]: Intake 29.500 - 29.516 mm (1.1614 - 1.1620 in); Exhaust 25.500 - 25.516 mm (1.0039 - 1.0046 in). Reaming should be done in circles concentric to the valve guide center so that valve seat will have the correct fit.
    Cross-section diagram of the valve-seat recess in the cylinder head with the new seat insert in place; arrows show the "Recess diameter" (the bore in the head into which the service valve seat is fitted).
    SEM795A
Intake
Reaming bore for service valve seat — Oversize [0.5 mm (0.020 in)] mm (in)29.500 - 29.516 (1.1614 - 1.1620)
Exhaust
Reaming bore for service valve seat — Oversize [0.5 mm (0.020 in)] mm (in)25.500 - 25.516 (1.0039 - 1.0046)

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