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bryan hilling

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1952 valve guide removal
« on: January 17, 2014, 11:12:10 AM »
how can I remove the valve guides on a 52 Kaiser I know there is a special tool but is there any other way to remove them thanks bryan

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Re: 1952 valve guide removal
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2014, 10:33:49 PM »
 On some old flat heads you drove the guide down, hit it with a hammer to snap it off, then drove the rest of it out.

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Re: 1952 valve guide removal
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2014, 11:23:30 PM »
KF guides are removed and installed from the top. Somewhere I ran across an old time article about how to make an R&R tool. I'll post it if I can find it.

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Re: 1952 valve guide removal
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2014, 11:58:45 AM »
thanks for the info mine did come out the bottom.