How do you fit bolt on valve covers?

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 2 Sep 2009, 10:09 pm

#733173

sorry for the crazy amount of queries tonight guys...
brains been ticking ova waiting for friday, my weekly dub and nuffin else day.

i got a set of these, but i don't know how to fit em. i didn't get any hardware.

How do i bolt them on? do i extend the thread the holds the rocker covers in place? or do i get extended nuts that hole the rockers and in turn put a bolt through the valve covers going into the extend nut?

cheers and thanks always,
Chris 👍

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bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 2 Sep 2009, 10:11 pm

#733175

by the way i assume this eleminates the factory bail style metal strap/clips on either side that hold the factory ones?

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Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 2 Sep 2009, 10:21 pm

#733180

bajachris88 wrote:or do i get extended nuts that hole the rockers and in turn put a bolt through the valve covers going into the extend nut?

yep that's how its done......and yes, you no longer need the stap/clip thingy!

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9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 2 Sep 2009, 10:21 pm

#733181

the old mans engine has them

the nuts that hold the rocker assemblies on are replaced with barrel nuts like these

the rocker covers are just bolted on then using these

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 3 Sep 2009, 12:35 am

#733198

Hi Chris... I have alloy finned tapppet covers that still use bails and still use the standard VW tappet cover gaskets....
I have seen some that use an O ring or a different gasket..

Only problem with mine, the chromed bails I got with them... don't fit the alloy covers.... lol
Mick Motors is getting Me a pair...
they are higher than standard bails...
incidently, Bails are NOT supposed to last forever...
they do lose their tension over the years and cause leaking gaskets....
I have seen some that You could put on & off with Your hands.... lol
they should be very tight....

cheers

LEE

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