Test sequence
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- Check using new valve
- Insert valve into guide until end of valve stem is flush with end of guide.
CAUTION:
Due to the difference in valve stem diameters, make sure that only an intake valve is used to check intake valve guides, and that only an exhaust valve is used to check the exhaust valve guides.
- Rock valve from side to side and note total travel on dial indicator. See Fig 1.