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Vale spring compressor - recommendations

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Seamus:
Had a Sykes Pickavant adjustable unit for years now and used it on car and bike heads for at least 10 years.

I will post a picture if it is any use

Yoshi823:
I still have my valve spring compressor from 1975 when I bought my first bike. I paid

UKROBK7:
I use the same one as that on ebay but I picked it up at the Stafford show for

andy120t:
Thanks for the replies. I've now taken them all out & put them all back in succesfully without losing any collets. I used the G-spring method with long nose pliers & grease. Pliers were tricky to use so backed them up with a nail-file...the magnetic screwdriver helped but I found pliers / nail file easier. It sounds as if tweezers could be an even better route.wasn't ideal but did assist me. 

It took a me little while, not least as I did the first one about four times over to get it right. Learning point #1-don't miss the large spring seat/washer out. Learning point #2-when you take the assembly apart to put the large spring seat in, don't let the small spring seat/washer fall out unnoticed.

Bryanj:
Andy, dont fret it, ijust rebuilt a 500 for a member in the north and the bits that were missing from a PO, plus the goo everywhere were frightening mate

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