OTC 4572 User manual

OTC
Brand
OTC
Model
4572
Type
User manual

OTC 4572 is a valve spring compressor designed for engines with overhead valves. It allows for safe and easy removal and installation of valve springs, collets, and valve keepers. The tool features a release adapter that can be adjusted to fit different valve keeper sizes, ensuring a secure and precise fit. The T-bar handle provides ample leverage for compressing the valve spring, while the cup on the end of the T-bar actuating screw ensures proper alignment and prevents damage to the valve.

OTC 4572 is a valve spring compressor designed for engines with overhead valves. It allows for safe and easy removal and installation of valve springs, collets, and valve keepers. The tool features a release adapter that can be adjusted to fit different valve keeper sizes, ensuring a secure and precise fit. The T-bar handle provides ample leverage for compressing the valve spring, while the cup on the end of the T-bar actuating screw ensures proper alignment and prevents damage to the valve.

Valve Spring Compressor
Application : Engines with Overhead Valves
Safety Precautions
CAUTION: To prevent personal injury,
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Study, understand, and follow these instructions. If the operator cannot read English, operating
instructions and safety precautions must be read and discussed in the operator’s native language.
– Si el operador no puede leer inglés, las instrucciones de operación y las precauciones de seguridad
deberán leerse y comentarse en el idioma nativo del operador.
– Si l’utilisateur ne peut lire l’anglais, les instructions et les consignes de sécurité doivent lui être
expliquées dans sa langue maternelle.
•
Wear eye protection that meets ANSI Z87.1 and OSHA standards.
•
Spring compression creates a potentially dangerous situation because of the trapped energy. Release
the pressure on the compressor before removing the tool from the cylinder head.
Operating Instructions
1. Positionashortmetaltubeonthespringcap–notthevalve–andlightlytapthetubewithahammer.Thisloosens
thecolletsfromthespringretainerandvalvespringkeepers.
2. Ifapplicable,removetheclipfromthevalvekeeper.
3. Determinewhichreleaseadapter,1in.(25mm)or1-3/16in.(30mm),besttstheapplication.Theadaptershould
notinterferewiththevalvekeeper.Threadtheadapterontotheadjustingscrewasshown.(Theotheradaptermaybe
threadedontotheotherendofthescrewforstorage.)
4. Lockthehandleonthevalvespringcompressor.
5. Positionthecompressorwiththereleaseadapteralignedsquarelyonthespringretainingcap,andthecupontheend
oftheT-baractuatingscrewpressingagainstthevalve.
6. TightentheT-barhandletocompressthevalvespringandexposethecollets.
CAUTION : To prevent equipment damage, if the spring cap refuses to free up and release the collets, LOOSEN
THE T-BAR until pressure is released from the spring retainer. Remove the compressor and repeat Steps 1–6.
7. Removethecollets,andloosentheT-barhandletoreleasepressurebeforeremovingthecompressor.
CAUTION : To prevent personal injury, before removing the tool from the cylinder head, release pressure
on the compressor by loosening the T-bar handle.
Thevalvespringassemblycannowberemovedfromthecylinderhead.
ReleaseAdapter
alignedoverspringretainingcap.
ReleaseAdapter
storedonendofadjustingscrew.
Handle
inlockedposition.
T-barHandle
&
T-barActuatingScrew
©2003SPX
Rev.CNovember30,2010
FormNo.520762Sheet1of1
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OTC 4572 User manual

OTC
Brand
OTC
Model
4572
Type
User manual

OTC 4572 is a valve spring compressor designed for engines with overhead valves. It allows for safe and easy removal and installation of valve springs, collets, and valve keepers. The tool features a release adapter that can be adjusted to fit different valve keeper sizes, ensuring a secure and precise fit. The T-bar handle provides ample leverage for compressing the valve spring, while the cup on the end of the T-bar actuating screw ensures proper alignment and prevents damage to the valve.

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