write up: how to install valve springs the easy way....with no special tools
 

I see tons of posts about how to put in valve springs into b-series vtec heads, and it pretty much comes down to getting a Snap-On tool or making it yourself. Well most people don't have the money to buy the Snap-On one and don't have the 'skill' or 'tools' to build one. I just didn't want to spend the time to make a tool to install one valve spring on a b16 head I had lying around. So with about 2mn of thinking I came up with this idea.

Take your spring and put 2 zip ties through it, DONT go around the whole spring or you wont get it out. DO it just like pictured:
http://is.rely.net/1-1116-71479-l-iB...i81Z5wwQeA.jpg

Then place it in your vise (hopefully you have one) or use something else to compress it:
http://is.rely.net/1-1116-71480-l-Rf...q31Ya2ZFPA.jpg

Then compress it and tighten the zip ties:
http://is.rely.net/1-1116-71481-l-vh...l2D19eWmkA.jpg

Be careful, try to not use shitty zip ties and use whatever percaution you can, I havent had any break but I guess it could be possible with some crazy springs. This is what you should end up with:
http://is.rely.net/1-1116-71482-l-Nf...7sDCR01mXQ.jpg

Set the spring in the head like so:
http://is.rely.net/1-1116-71483-l-eu...UlSJk3xCpg.jpg

Then place the retainer in and the keepers in, you can just use slight pressure to pop them on, VERY easy to do:
http://is.rely.net/1-1116-71484-l-VW...Vs8uzE4m9Q.jpg

Then take a propane torch/lighter or even a razor/dykes to cut the zip ties. I used my propane torch, a QUICK flame on the zip ties while pulling on the remainder of the tie pulls them right out:
http://is.rely.net/1-1116-71485-l-23...DGu65nppOw.jpg

Then you have them out and your set:
http://is.rely.net/1-1116-71486-l-2g...MJmQzxaTFw.jpg

So the whole process takes about 3mn for each valve...super easy...I think pretty much anyone can do it, just give it a shot :thumbup:

Re: write up: how to install valve springs the easy way....with no special tools
 

Copy/pasted from h-t... tsk tsk

nice writeup :)

Re: write up: how to install valve springs the easy way....with no special tools
 

im sorry.....i wrote it either way.....id rather ------ the knowlege than leave it all to ht...ive learned more here then there.....

Re: write up: how to install valve springs the easy way....with no special tools
 

That is HMT at its finest :D Great write up but you should add to put some safety glasses on first :l

Re: write up: how to install valve springs the easy way....with no special tools
 

the retainers loves to just "shoot " out tho

Re: write up: how to install valve springs the easy way....with no special tools
 

wow good idea. makes you think why nobody else thought of that.

Re: write up: how to install valve springs the easy way....with no special tools
 

Sweet :6

Re: write up: how to install valve springs the easy way....with no special tools
 

that's mint, never thought of that before, the more you cobble, the more you can do, lol

Re: write up: how to install valve springs the easy way....with no special tools
 

nice that gives me a heads up because ill probibly be changeing out valves on my head when it warms up

Re: write up: how to install valve springs the easy way....with no special tools
 

How are you planning on getting the old springs out in the first place? And what about if you release the spring and the keepers don't sit right?
I just did mine with an air deal, so I'm a yuppie.

Re: write up: how to install valve springs the easy way....with no special tools
 

that looks like a bigger pain in the ass the finding a way to make money on the street to by the tool, some short cuts are def not worth it,

Re: write up: how to install valve springs the easy way....with no special tools
 

Is that just for stock spring and what about dual springs?

Re: write up: how to install valve springs the easy way....with no special tools
 

to get the stock springs, put a 17mm socket on the retainer, with a little extention coming out the back, and hit it with a hammer....super duper easy....works everytime

as far as the keepers not sitting right, well thats on you...you mess up and its a new game called "find the keepers" :P

dual valve springs, I have no idea, i dont have all the answers, my situation called for a spring to be put into a head, so i used my head and got it in there....

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i forgot my valve spring remover one day goin to the scrap yard, i used an adjustable wrench and my buddies knee along with a lil pick to remove the keepers, worked like a champ

Re: write up: how to install valve springs the easy way....with no special tools
 

"Find the Keepers" ... we've all played that game before.

Re: write up: how to install valve springs the easy way....with no special tools
 

thats the laziest most ------ way ive seen this done :1

Re: write up: how to install valve springs the easy way....with no special tools
 

lol yeah its pretty bad ass huh?

Re: write up: how to install valve springs the easy way....with no special tools
 

lol well ----, i guess if your stuck on the side of the road or something for a quicky yea maybe, but goddaaaaaam :8

Re: write up: how to install valve springs the easy way....with no special tools
 

putting in 1 valve spring stuck on the side of the road

works fine if you keep your vice in your car- even better if its welded to the firewall for easy access.

Re: write up: how to install valve springs the easy way....with no special tools
 

---- that game...i hate playing that game. even if you win, you still lose because you spent half the ------- day searching through your friends cluttered garage that has 4 engines in it but the only one complete and running is the one in your car