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CYLINDER HEAD
Install the valve spring [1] and valve spring retainer [2].
• Do not confuse the intake valve spring and the
exhaust valve spring.
IDENTIFICATION:
The intake side can be identified by the blue paint on
the spring.
The exhaust side can be identified by the white paint.
INSTALLATION DIRECTION:
Install the valve spring with the painted side toward the
valve spring retainer, and with the narrow pitch side [3]
of the coil toward the valve spring seat [4].
Using the special tool, compress the valve spring and
set the two valve keepers [1] in the groove in the valve
stems securely.
• To facilitate installation of the valve keepers, apply a
small amount of grease to the valve keepers and
push them in the groove in the valve stem.
[1]
PAINT
[3]
[2]
[1]
[4]
TOOL:
Valve spring compressor [2] 07757-0010000
[2]
[1]