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posted on January 21st, 2007 at 01:15 PM
valve adjusters/tappets
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does anyone know if the valve adjusters on my 1.8L kombi motor are hardened? Can i clean up the contact point on lathe or will it remove the hardened
layer and then wear really quickly?
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posted on January 21st, 2007 at 02:46 PM
yes, yes and maybe. They are hardened. You can clean them up and you may go through the hardening. You may find you need to grind them as they are
a similar hardness to the cutting tool. You can buy new ones or touch them up with something like stellite which is really hard.
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posted on January 21st, 2007 at 03:28 PM
if they are worn that much that you notice it toss em and buy new ones they are cheap ,dont try and dress them they are stuffed ,be reasonable, they
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posted on January 21st, 2007 at 04:25 PM
had a spare set and just cleaned them up, material seemed to come of fairly easily... mayb i wasnt the first to have a go at them... will look into a
new set :-)
