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4A-GE valve shim disintegrated
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04-27-2025, 01:49 AM
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4A-GE valve shim disintegrated
On my 86 a valve shim on the intake valves disintegrated. The shim broke into 5 pieces, luckily I was able to find all of them.
The lifter is damaged, and stuck in the cylinder head. The valve is stuck open. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Initially I was thinking about replacing the cylinder head entirely, but looking at the damage I think what might work is to grind off the damaged aluminum in the cylinder head using a Proxxon tool, polish it and install with new camshaft, lifter and shim. What are your thoughts on this? I am not super familiar with all these grinding sockets for the Proxxon, any tool recommendation to minimize further damage? |
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4A-GE valve shim disintegrated - DaLanZhu - 04-27-2025 01:49 AM
RE: 4A-GE valve shim disintegrated - Dave W - 04-27-2025, 02:02 PM
RE: 4A-GE valve shim disintegrated - DaLanZhu - 04-30-2025, 12:54 PM
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