BobCat 753 – RECONDITIONING THE ENGINE – Checking The Valve Guide

Remove the valve and spring from the cylinder head.
(See Cylinder Head Disassembly And Assembly on Page 70-100-2.)

Clean the valve seat and combustion chamber.

Install the valve into the guide. Measurement the valve recessing or protrusion with a depth gauge [Figure 70-100-12].

If the measurement exceeds the allowable limit, replace the valve or cylinder head [Figure 70-100-13].

Remove the carbon from the valve guide.

Measure the valve stem O.D. [Figure 70-100-14].

Measure the valve guide I.D. [Figure 70-100-14].

Calculate the clearance, if the clearance exceeds the allowable limit, replace the valve and/or valve guide.

To remove and replace the valve guide, make the driver tool as shown in figure [Figure 70-100-15].

Press the used valve guide out of the cylinder head using the special driver tool [Figure 70-100-16].

Put oil on the outside diameter of the new valve guide.

Press the new valve guide into the cylinder head from the top side. Use the special driver tools (Items 1 & 2) [Figure 70-100-16], press the new guide until the tool contacts the cylinder head.

Ream the valve guide to the correct specifications.