I'm restoring a 1948 Cub from the ground up.
Got to the point where the valve guides have to go in the block.
Got a few pounds of dry ice at Safeway, acetone from the hardware store for a cold bath.
Chilled the guides for about 20 minutes.
Used a Mayhew tool from Amazon and my Harbor Freight air hammer to install the guides.
Mayhew Pro 32006 Pneumatic Valve Guide Remover and Installer
No problems--the guides went in easily and securely--no wobble or misalignment problems.
I adjusted the air hammer to the lowest setting and didn't bear down on the gun a whole lot--just let the hammer
ease the guides into the block. Seemed to work OK. Set the top of the guides 1 inch below the engine block top deck.
The tool mushroomed the end of the guide about 0.0015 inches (measured with one of those small bore gauges). I used a sharp tapered reamer to remove the burr--a few twists of the reamer and the valve stem slipped easily into the guide.
I measured about 0.0015" clearance between the guide and the stem on all the valves. I'll let it go at that. Save the cost of a new straight reamer or a broach.
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Re: Cub-reinstall valve guides
Interesting topic. Your guides must have been pretty worn for you to replace them. Sounds like the process went well. Was the tool expensive?
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Re: Cub-reinstall valve guides
$13.97. The guides probably could have been used. But I'm restoring this 1948 Cub completely, so the 66 year old guides had to be replaced on principle.
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Re: Cub-reinstall valve guides
Curiosity always seems to tickle me interest so I googled and found the Amazon unit - Mayhew Pro 32006 Pneumatic Valve Guide Remover and Installer
Interesting tool.
Interesting tool.
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