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**[email protected]** · August 15th 06, 07:04 PM posted to rec.autos.makers.vw.watercooled

Regal53 wrote:
> OK this is how I do it: Bang the valve heads fairly straight with a hammer
> so they get pulled back onto their seats. Take a brass hammer and a 1/2 inch
> deep socket, place socket on center of retainer and hit socket top a couple
> of times with the brass hammer. This should break the bond on the keepers
> and retainer. You should be able to compress the springs now, if not repeat
> dose. Use a pocket magnet and a pocket screwdriver to collect keepers. Mark
> good valves with permanent marker on heads like 1IF (cylinder 1 intake
> front) and so on, keeping retainer, keepers, valve, springs together so they
> go back together as they were.
> "One out of many daves" > wrote in message
> t...
> > Then WHY did the Timing Belt Pulley Freeze or Seize UP?
> > Usually the timing belt is older than 40K miles and loses some teeth or
> > breaks. :-(
> > (BTW I recommend changing these timing belts every 40-50K miles)
> > You will have to compress the valve springs to release pressure on the
> > keepers.
> > Are you planning on replacing the valve guides also?
> > I have usually taken my cylinder heads over to a GOOD machine shop and let
> > them do the work.
> >
> > Got a repair manual like a Bentley?
> >
> > good luck,
> > dave
> > (One out of many daves)
> >
> > > wrote in message
> > oups.com...
> >>
> >> wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I am fixing my 91 Passat. I took the cylinder head out, 4 intake valves
> >>> are bent, I want to replace these. How do I take them out? Seems that a
> >>> valve keeper is holding them but this is just a guess. Or is it just a
> >>> matter hammering them out?
> >>>
> >>> Dimag
> >>
> >> more on to this: I purchased Craftsman spring compession tool. trying
> >> to get a bent valve out and it does not even move. What do people do in
> >> this case? Does anybody go after a job replacing bent valves once
> >> pistons hit them or just buy a new cylinder head from a wrecker? my
> >> timing belt pulley froze, ripped a few teeth from the new timing belt
> >> and here is the outcome... Dimag
> >>
> >
> >

Thank you! Will follow the procedure today