7. Cylinder Head / Valve
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Use the 45 degree cutter and cut the seat to
the proper width.
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Caution
z Confirm that all roughness is removed.
Coat the valve seat surface with red paint.
Install the valve through valve guide until the
valve contacting with valve seat, slightly press
down the valve but do not rotate it so that a
seal track will be created on contact surface.
Caution
z The contact surfaces of valve and valve
seat are very important to the valve
sealing capacity.
1.0mm
45°
Contact face too
high
Old valve seat
width
32°
If the contact face on the valve is too high, cut
the valve seat with the 32 degree cutter.
Then cut the valve seat to the proper width
with the 45 degree cutter.
If the contact face on the valve is too low, cut
the valve seat with the 60 degree cutter.
Contact face
Old valve seat
width
Then cut the valve seat to the proper width
with the 45 degree cutter.
60°
After the valve seat ground, coat valve seat
surface with emery and then slightly press the
ground surface.
Clean up all emery coated onto cylinder and
valve after ground.