> I've been attemting to remove the valve spring retainers on my GT6+.
> I have purchased two different types of compressors and neither seems
> to work.
Are you saying they don't fit ? Or that they won't compress the springs ?
If it's the latter, the keepers are most likely wedged into the retainers. When
I have this problem, I lay the head on the bench with the valve heads down, and
a big nut under the valve I'm trying to loosen. Then a short length of 1"
diameter gas pipe (just what I use, galvanized would work just as well) and a
rap from a BFH (about 3#) will loosen the keepers. Sometimes they even pop out,
but usually not.
Then I use a home-made spring compressor which is just a length of heavy flat
iron bar from Home Depot, with a notch on the end to fit onto one of the rocker
pedestal studs (with a nut & washer temporarily installed) and a hole drilled in
it to fit over the keepers. Pry down on the spring with the bar, and pick out
the keepers with chain nose pliers.
Randall
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