Valve seal installation tools.
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Melting Slicks
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Valve seal installation tools.
Are they simply a machined open ended tube? Im looking at some new seals for my new 'old' vortecs and last time I replaced some seals on a head I used a socket but IIRC there was a little galling.
I looked at a few seal installers and they all just looked like fancy pieces of pipe and I was wondering about making one up on a friends lathe.
Does the seal fit snugly in the tube and does the tool have an internal lip that rests on the top of the seal?
Will try to edit a pic to show what I mean! lol.
Like this?
I looked at a few seal installers and they all just looked like fancy pieces of pipe and I was wondering about making one up on a friends lathe.
Does the seal fit snugly in the tube and does the tool have an internal lip that rests on the top of the seal?
Will try to edit a pic to show what I mean! lol.
Like this?
Last edited by jotto; Jul 9, 2011 at 11:33 AM.
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Paul, I just used a deep, 3/8 drive socket that was approximately the same diameter as the outside of the seal. Very easy to get them on. Much harder to remove without destroying them.
Is your boss machined to accept these seals?
Is your boss machined to accept these seals?
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Melting Slicks
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My heads are still in the trunk of my car and Im just doing a little research. Im pretty sure from what I have read the vortecs come with the positive seals as standard and the pic above was taken from a suppliers site listing Vortec specific seals with a boss od of .552". I simply drew on my idea for a seal tool.
http://www.alexsparts.com/products/1...2C-VORTEC.html
What are your thoughts? Must mail or call you......
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You know how it upsets me when there is a tool in existance that I don't have, so I looked:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Comp-...ehicleQ5fParts
Looks a lot like a deep socket to me
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Comp-...ehicleQ5fParts
Looks a lot like a deep socket to me
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Melting Slicks
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Looks like a bit of fancy pipe to me! I can't make out if there is another lip that sits on the top face of the seal or if it just pushes down on the outer diameter of the seal.
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It probably provides a flatter and larger surface to the seal than a socket or a fancy bit of pipe. Not sure if that matters or not. I will say that the Teflon ones that I used initially were fairly brittle. I like the Viton one much better.
