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Ghibli lower valve cover removal Steering side

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  1. c20500

    c20500 Karting

    Aug 12, 2010
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    Redondo Beach, CA
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    Charles
    #1 c20500, Jun 11, 2015
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  2. BartvanderWeiden

    BartvanderWeiden Formula Junior

    Nov 29, 2008
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    Bart van der Weiden
    #2 BartvanderWeiden, Jun 14, 2015
    Hi Charles,

    You are absolutely right, one has to make room by disconnecting the steering shaft.
    If you do not have to work on the valve clearance I suggest to only disconnect the front end of the shaft. To create extra space I took the harmonica rubber out of the firewall an took some metal with the diameter of the shaft out on the top left side (looking from the back to the front) and the tie the shaft up with a tie rap. If you limit the extra space to about half a shaft diameter it wil stay covered by the harmonica seal when finished.

    If one has to do the valve clearance job too, I suggest to take the steering column out completely, costs a bit more time but does create the room to do a clean job. Watch out not to break the staulk-switches!: that will make it an expensive job!

    Success,

    Ciao,

    Bart
     
  3. BartvanderWeiden

    BartvanderWeiden Formula Junior

    Nov 29, 2008
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    Bart van der Weiden
    #3 BartvanderWeiden, Jun 14, 2015
    BTW, nice engine bay, does the car come from Seattle?
     
  4. c20500

    c20500 Karting

    Aug 12, 2010
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    Charles
    #4 c20500, Jun 20, 2015
    Bart,

    Thanks for you advice.. I just ended up needing to replace the half moons. the ones installed were very soft and one exploded/deformed. They were of very poor quality. replaced with MIE sourced version which were much firmer.

    The photos were from another car all together.. but similar.

    Thanks
     
  5. c20500

    c20500 Karting

    Aug 12, 2010
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    Redondo Beach, CA
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    Charles
    #5 c20500, Jun 20, 2015
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  6. f308jack

    f308jack F1 Rookie

    Jun 7, 2007
    4,300
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    Jack Verschuur
    #6 f308jack, Jun 21, 2015
    Make some in aluminium and forget about them forever.

    Best,

    Jack.
     

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