Broke a valve spring

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Feb 18, 2009 | 09:18 AM

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nighthawk08

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how long have you been running them with that cam?

Feb 18, 2009 | 11:58 AM

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About 8 months and 15k miles.

Feb 18, 2009 | 01:51 PM

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That sucks. Hopefully it didnt hurt anything.

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Originally Posted by 03tahoe22

You stop and pulled the valve cover off on the side of the road? it is that easy what about all the coils?

5 studs for the coils and 4 bolts for the valve cover. Not a big deal.

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Originally Posted by ap2002

i have seen a fair share of those also break....

its one of those things, if its for performance, its liable to break....

Yea they can break too but it should at least keep the valve up that way. Would suck to dump the valve.

Feb 18, 2009 | 04:10 PM

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get some prc springs from tsp

Feb 18, 2009 | 05:48 PM

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I got some patriots from thunder since they are local and stock them.

Feb 18, 2009 | 06:20 PM

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From: Huffman,tx

I have the Comp.26918 springs and I have a tapping noise every so often.I'm going to swap springs and see if the tapping moves to the other side.I have a Comp. Cam 222/228-581/588 112+2.new ls7 lifters.Comp.harden push rods and Harlan Sharp rockers.I think I have a weak valve spring.Has anybody else had any problems with these springs?

Mike