Lisle36050 Valve Keeper Remover and Installer Kit

awsome for smaller car heads

Excellant tool and I wonder how I made it this long without the tool.

100/10 would recommend i dont care what the bad reviews say the tool makes it a breeze removing the springs to change the seals and almost as easy to reinstall just takes some practice!!! The key is keeping it straight with the valve angle and i think thats why people leave bad reviews because they cant figure that part out but i know some tools might be better on more basic/older engines but if you have a newer engine like a 2000s and up some have recessed valves that make it impossible to remove the springs unless you have the head off this tool allows you to keep the head on and its very simple to use im using it on a 4cylinder Toyota 2.4l engine and its the only tool that will work with the head on! Also make sure you use an adaptor to hook up an air compressor through your spark plug hole to keep the valves from falling down way better than the rope method i have seen people use and i would also recommend you only take off 1 spring per cylinder at a time too minimize the risk of a valve dropping into the cylinder!

I've previously feared disassembling the valve train on engines because all of the valve spring compressor tools I'd seen up to this point were cumbersome and I'd heard stories that it wasn't very easy. When my wife's car needed new valve stem seals, I decided to try tackling it myself, and research led me to this tool. I rarely give 5 star reviews, but just like the valve stem seal tool set I reviewed earlier today, this was the right tool for the job. This tool easily pulled the keepers and retainer from each valve, allowing me to access the valve stem seals. During disassembly, the strong magnet inside prevents the keepers from flying into some hidden corner of the garage, and it also holds the spring retainer. During assembly, the tool simply works in one easy motion to both compress the spring and install the keepers. Occasionally one of the keepers would seat and the other would partially seat. No big deal, just re-align the tool over the end of the valve stem and press again, and the keeper that didn't seat was now seated. In the package there was a small black steel ring along with the two pieces in the picture - I didn't know what this was for, and the instructions on the package didn't mention it. I didn't end up using it or needing it, but I will keep it with the tool for future use. Never fear valve train disassembly again! I used this tool on a 1997 Honda Accord / F22B2 engine with the cylinder head removed and on the bench.

Using hammer to remove keepers is fine, to install is different, i tried hammer technique but doesn't go well on the install. Keep the head at a height where by you can press down using your weight. I didn't perfect the install technique, but i think if you put the keepers in the spring cap and push that down on the stem with you fingers just getting it started may be the way, then finish with tool, pushing down by hand, using your weight. Overall its a great tool, really fast for removing the keepers. I bought it for one job, i may never use it again, but it saved time. This was done with heads off the car, was doing gaskets also.

The tool is very simple but sturdy and well worth it. I've used it four time so far and almost in new condition so that's my mark of a study workman's tool. Really like it. It falls in the category of "not to be lent out" and "will be useful for years"

For your average DIYer this is a good investment. I am a professional heavy duty mechanic (big rigs) and this was my first time attempting changing valve stem seals on a 1999 Honda Accord LX with a 2.3L SOHC engine, with the cylinder head still installed. This tool made a huge advantage to getting the job done rather quickly (roughly 3 hours) for my first time. But this tool is also challenging to use, removal of the keepers was very simple. Installing them is a little more of a challenge. Pushing on the tool with my hands went easier than hitting it with a hammer for installing, but still had trouble several times on the intake valves. They were pointed towards the firewall, couldn't push straight down on them with my hands. Used a prybar to under the cowl to push down on this tool but slipped couple of times which allowed some keepers to take flight (found them luckily). Also, insiders tip, use some rope and feed it into the cylinder through the spark plug hole, then crank over the engine by hand to hold the valves in the head while removing the springs. And.... the packing says to install the keepers in the tool, then install... doesn't work that way. Put the keepers in the retainer on the spring, then push on them with the tool.Overall for a generic tool this saves time and money. May have better luck on other engines.

Mine came with instructions. Small leaflet. But you also must do some thinking as well when using these. There are two drivers & two strikers. I used the larger tool till the snap ring retaining the collet extractor/installer popped loose. There's a lot of spring pressure involved to fix that & I was mid-job?Then I looked at the other smaller tool, it ended up being the smaller collet extractor/installer chucked into the larger striking unit that did the trick. I have no idea why but that combo ended up being the right striking face & right extractor diameter so remove & install on a 16v SR-20 (Nissan) engine. Those eight tilted towards the intake with cylinder head installed are near impossible with a bolt-on spring compressor bar, lever & fixtures bolted to the head. This tool works, you just have to Mix n' Match the strikers & collet remover/installer ends. Saves having to pull the head to finish. What is that worth? I'd say $250. : )

Funciona muy bien y buena marca.

Car: 2000 Acura IntegraEngine: Honda B18B1Bought this tool to fix the engine header with the several scratch to the camshaft lobe, holder, etc. due to 12 yr old timing belt failure.Tool is quick to remove and install the valve spring. The string inner magnet is able to catch the valve keeper consistently.While installing the valve spring, the valve face (bottom end) needs to hold by something so that it doesn’t move. Otherwise, the valve keeper won’t catch the valve. If the valve move and catch dirt around the valve lips, it will require to redo in order to take out the dirt.For my 20 year old Acura, I have to remove the ash (minimum carbon) build up at the back of the valve by doing lapping. Therefore I need to perform multiple times against the same valve if it failed water leak test. This tool doesn’t come in handy as the installation involve pressing hard with my arms or with a big hammer. My arms were tiring when doing hour long of manual lapping so I don’t enjoy using it.It requires the bottom of the valve to be blocked from moving during installing of valve spring. As the working surface is often has dirt due to carbon removal as well as 20 yr of dirt build up in the engine header. Holding the valve while pressing/hammering the tool to install valve spring is tedious.I will prefer the $20 blue colour tool that screw in and press the valve spring as I can slowly take my time to adjust the valve if it moved. If dirt get between the valve port, I no need to remove it.Anyway, I will prefer this tool for removal but the blue screw in bracket for installation for repair like mine. If one time installation that had proper setup to hold the valves, then this tool really quick to do the installation as wellThe tool is solid and looks to work forever

Worked perfectly though I ha w not tried using it to install the collets yet only removed the valves from my classic mini cylinder head which was easy

I only used the metric device just this weekend during valve stem seal replacements. Super easy to use on stock valve springs in a Toyota inline 6 cyclinder engine. It was much harder years ago on a similar engine with aftermarket valve springs.Having a larger end on the handle might help the user get their weight behind the tool when installing the collets back in. Then again, taller, heavier-set users with more upper body mass will find it relatively easier to lean into the tool when installing the retainers.The springs within the installation attachment were somewhat gritty but this was eased with some motor oil and rapidly pushing on the sprung tip many times before use.When installing the collets back into the retainer, valve and spring assembly on the Toyota engine, it’s best to place the collets into the retainer and place the retainer on the valve before using the tool. It doesn’t work if you put the collets on the tip of the installation tool and push down on the retainer, valve and spring assembly.

Just buy this. Makes valve work so fast.PLEASE NOTE:For some reason they call one a metric installer and the other imperial. The sizes are not a conversion so the large installer is MUCH larger than the metric size range listed.