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Originally Posted by joey4420
Went by the performance shop near my house, the part broke off of the valve seal clip. He said it needs changed but not a major issue. So I will call on thursday to make an appointment to get my car in. He only has one rack (the mostly build engines). Car on the rack (I should have taken a picture) was a late 60's GT500 RK. He also has an original 60's Cobra under a tarp. I will try to take pic's when I go back.
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Hi, I am not sure if your performance guy is right, this might sound arrogant but that part IMHO is definitely to thick and the wrong radius to be off your valve stem seal, plus there is no reason for it to break even if it is Chinese made.. whereas the damper spring is subjected to fatigue and will break if not installed correctly. Either way, your mechanic will need to pull the springs off to replace the broken part, but I suggest you get him to look very carefully at the damper springs, as a broken damper spring may indicate worse to follow i.e. fatigue in your valve train.. I have been building engines with my old man since I was nine and I have seen plenty of damper springs and valve stem seals so the blackened finish indicates heat treatment and thickness of that part is in my opinion too thick to be a valve stem seal retainer clip. It will pay to make sure.
Regards
Wil