I was surprised to find on my 427 side oiler with only a few thousand miles on it the valves were sticking in the bronze\brass valve guides. When I rebuilt the engine I had the guides reamed to correct size.
I CERTAINLY wouldn't expect the valves to be sticking in the guides with such a fresh set of heads like you have. But I'm not all together surprised, I suspect it's a more common problem than many of us realize.
WHAT is the root cause of this problem? Surely the guides were 'correct' when they left the machine shop? Do they 'shrink' or what???
