Topic: Removing valve guides

[70CB750]

I did my homework by searching the forum, looks like:

-  a special drift is needed - I will make one, no problem
-  heat the head to 300F is recommended

Now how about the guide clip?  CMSNL schema shows them and I actually verified they are there    Do I need to take them out first or will they go with the guide?

[MRieck]

They are attached to the guide and move with it. You have to bead blast the ports to remove carbon.

[70CB750]

Thank you.

[crazypj]

Be very careful re-fitting, the clip is a guide not a stop.
If you go too deep it will compress on guide and can cause it to crack while running (after a few/several heat cycles)
 I've repaired several on various singles although never had issue with inline 4