Alloy tappet covers - VW clips don't fit..?

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 25 Oct 2007, 1:43 am

#618072

A while back I bought a pair of nice Alloy ribbed tappet covers on ebay..

I went to fit them tonight after doing the tappets...

and the original VW spring clip [bail] won't go over them..

I don't suppose anyone has these clips or know where to get them from..

Lee

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 25 Oct 2007, 6:32 am

#618078

theyre not the bolt on kind are they?

they use the rocker shaft bolts to hold them on instead of the bailey clips

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 25 Oct 2007, 6:38 am

#618079

No
these use a spring like on the original VW covres..''

maybe they were made for larger rockers??

These are the only alloy tappet covers that are held on with a bail spring.. that I have ever seen...

LEE

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

xornge666x Wolfsburg Wizard

460 posts · joined Sep 2006 · 25 Oct 2007, 7:46 am

#618085

They have their own bales to suit.
The original ones dont fit.

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 25 Oct 2007, 3:28 pm

#618121

Anyone know where i can get a a pair of these larger bails??

Lee

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---