valve springs

[russomf]

anyone know of a god set of after market valve springs that do not have the high failure rate that our stock ones have? gonna replace all when I service this winter and want to upgrade while in there. also any sites that sell them would be great. Does barnett have any? I really like their clutch springs, they have worked great.

[adavis]

How many valve spring failures do you know of first hand? I have not heard of any. If you are going to use stock cams they should not be a problem. If you are going to a different cam your options are limeted. I use a spring made for a Busa and had bases custom made.

[russomf]

I guess i am confused about the springs that make the TICKING sound when they break (common occurrance from what I have read). maybe someone could clarify this for me I was under the impression they were the valve springs.

[SWEET-TL1000R]

Man it sucks! And you even tried to keep up so hard yesterday too! LOL

kidding!

[adavis]

Valve Springs

I would call them the sissior gear springs. I would call those a normal point of maintance to be replaced. Any time you are adjusting the valves just replace them. It only takes a few miniuts.

[russomf]

so if I am going to remove the scissors gears and auto decpmpression will I still need to replace the springs?

[rentlr]

can the starter motor take the extra stress by removing the decomp setup and be reliable longterm

[colorado_mat]

Originally posted by russomf
so if I am going to remove the scissors gears and auto decpmpression will I still need to replace the springs?

no, the springs will be removed also

[colorado_mat]

Originally posted by rentlr
can the starter motor take the extra stress by removing the decomp setup and be reliable longterm

I haven't heard of starter motor problems at all -- bump-starting could be more difficult though

[loosebruce]

Valve spring failure aint all that common, happened to me thou, and so far i havent heard of anyone else's tl s or r dropping a valve, trust me when it does it sucks real bad.