How do these valve guides look to you?

[bigmanjbmopar]

Just keeping with the mentality that I would document everything. So in the process of swapping out the lifters I took some pics also took the snake cam and looked down at the top of the valve, just saw some black grainy soot I say grainy because thats what it looked like sandy almost. Spark plugs looks great though No bent rods and springs still look new no damage to anything other than some surface scuffing which looks normal

anywhoo nevermind the black debris in the chamber I cleaned that junk out. What do you guys think these are supposedly the chinees junk parts that 440source uses. Not all shown just put up the best pics.

 

[mopar 3 B]

Someone has replaced the valve guides.

 

[mopar12372]

look good from here , how do you like them

 

[Meep-Meep]

Not much to go on from those pics. When asking about guides it's the clearance to the valve stem that is in question. However, if a guide was slipping in the head you will see it here.

 

[bigmanjbmopar]

It all looks like the day it first went on which is good since all the talk about how cheap they are and how they will fail quickly, anyway may have a bigger issue with my lifters forgot to consider the push rod length going from solids to hydraulics the ones I have seem too long 9.1 thinking I might need 8.9 after the swap put rods back in and then shafts with rockers with poly locks all backed out and noticed the cups on the rods tight on the rocker on most of them some lifters I'm sure got pushed in when tightening down the shafts. seems they may be a bit long. wonder if I should just shim the shaft?

This one is for you meep

 

[62 Dart Convertible]

wonder if I should just shim the shaft?

Don't shim the shaft!! Valve train geometry is important (assuming it was right to start with..)

Shortening push rods is usually easy. The push rod cup end should pull out of the push rod tube. Shortening the tube is easily done in a lathe. The cup end is then pressed back in. If you aren't able, any machine shop is.

The tricky bit is measuring accurately to achieve the correct end result.

 

[Meep-Meep]

It all looks like the day it first went on which is good since all the talk about how cheap they are and how they will fail quickly, anyway may have a bigger issue with my lifters forgot to consider the push rod length going from solids to hydraulics the ones I have seem too long 9.1 thinking I might need 8.9 after the swap put rods back in and then shafts with rockers with poly locks all backed out and noticed the cups on the rods tight on the rocker on most of them some lifters I'm sure got pushed in when tightening down the shafts. seems they may be a bit long. wonder if I should just shim the shaft?

This one is for you meep

Hey, I recognize that gear!! It looks much happier now.