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#1 PostAuthor: Wayne1960 » Tue Aug 12, 2014 11:18 am

Do you have to have the special tool to knock the old valve guides out. What do you guys use?
Just purchased a 1976 UK Z900 A4 for renovation. Wish me luck.
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#2 PostAuthor: ZedHead » Tue Aug 12, 2014 11:43 am

Speak to Buzzard...He did mine. Heat the head up in the oven then drift them out so i am told.
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#3 PostAuthor: Wayne1960 » Tue Aug 12, 2014 12:01 pm

yes i understand that's the way im just questioning if you have to use the special Kawasaki drifting tool?
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#4 PostAuthor: zed1015 » Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:04 pm

You need a stepped drift.
Doesn't have to be a genuine kwak tool as long as it fits.
This is more important for the re-fitting than the removing.
A piece of round bar modified in the lathe will do it.
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