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<blockquote data-quote="oexing" data-source="post: 150949" data-attributes="member: 1493"><p>Well, yes, staking, the lock ring is about the only place on a Vincent I do a light staking. Not for loose valve guides but just to secure the lockring. Loctite at this place would not be desirable, too much heat possibly. Or later, when undoing the lockring, the low strength type may be a bit tough for the fragile tool. But basically the shrink fit of the new guide has to be perfect for safe operation. As the length of fit is a bit short compared to "normal" engines I kept the lockring. </p><p> For checking parallel faces and preload of liner to head you can get a feeler gauge of 1-2 thou - allright, metric gauges are finer selection, from 0.02 in 0.01 steps to 0.10 mm . Or can you get feeler gauges in half thou steps ? Anyway, check gap with feeler gauge going round the head for correcting any flaws when lapping, if this is what you do. </p><p></p><p> Vic</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oexing, post: 150949, member: 1493"] Well, yes, staking, the lock ring is about the only place on a Vincent I do a light staking. Not for loose valve guides but just to secure the lockring. Loctite at this place would not be desirable, too much heat possibly. Or later, when undoing the lockring, the low strength type may be a bit tough for the fragile tool. But basically the shrink fit of the new guide has to be perfect for safe operation. As the length of fit is a bit short compared to "normal" engines I kept the lockring. For checking parallel faces and preload of liner to head you can get a feeler gauge of 1-2 thou - allright, metric gauges are finer selection, from 0.02 in 0.01 steps to 0.10 mm . Or can you get feeler gauges in half thou steps ? Anyway, check gap with feeler gauge going round the head for correcting any flaws when lapping, if this is what you do. Vic [/QUOTE]
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