well, i was taking the springs out of the heads to put in upgraded ones and nicked the mating surface....wondering if i should be worried here. The heads have already been decked. It's a good nick, that damn spring compressor was giving me hell.

 

How about a picture with a ruler or something similar for comparison. the gasket surface is a very critical surface.

Did you lay the gasket on the cylinder head to see if the srcratch is in the sealing area?

 

Pictures would help us help you.
Scott

 

almost positive its on the sealing area, i will get pics asap. thanks for your replies

 

Here are the pics, im thinking this isn't good. input?

 

Just use a stone on it and you'll be fine. If you're really scared use a dab of rtv, yamabond, etc. on any little imperfection left after you smooth it out.

 

smooth them out the best you can & you`ll be fine (if your spring compressor is that much of a pain,ide get a new one!!)

 

thanks kirby! it was a combination of the compressor and user error. the springs didn't want to compress easy for some reason, but they did couldn't figure out if it was the angle i was going at or what

i used one of these



https://store.snapon.com/Valve-Lifte...--P641484.aspx