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Old Dec 21, 2012 | 07:15 AM
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Haha....alright doing the 1250 kit and bought Cometic top end kit. In the pack there are 4 blue seals with gray on the base. They have a tiny spring at the top around them and the inside of the piece has threads...

Where the hell do these go? Lol. Sorry for the dumb question but they werent on the bike when i took it apart. They seem like they go with the pushrods but on top or bottom? Or maybe neither. On my phone but I can post a pic later if nobody knows what I mean.
 
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Old Dec 21, 2012 | 07:37 AM
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I think you talking about valve guide seals. Do the look something like these?

 
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Old Dec 21, 2012 | 07:51 AM
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After you remove the valve springs, press them over the valve guides. Be sure to use the clear plastic soda straw looking piece when you put the valves back in. It slips over the valve and keeps the keeper grooves on the valve from nicking the rubber seal as you install the valve.
 
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https://www.denniskirk.com/dk/produc...pix/149752.jpg

I got it now lol. Thanks
 
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