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Re: Should you cut valve stems
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 5/4/2002

Mike,

This is an excellent question. the answer has to be looked at from 2 angles.

1. It is pretty much normal practice when doing a valve job on any motor to reface the ends of the valves in order to have a fresh, square surface. Normally, very little gri... Login to read more.