The usual way valves get bent is a timing chain breaking or slipping a tooth thus putting the valves in the way of a piston. That should have been mentioned in the eBay description though.
-Kyle On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 9:43 AM, Joe <[email protected]> wrote: > I am rebuilding the top end of my '83 550. I have a replacement head I got > off ebay, because the original head was cracked where a bolt from the valve > cover went in, and it leaked oil. I am rebuilding this replacement head and > I found that both exhaust valves on the #3 cylinder are bent! I have > replacement valves from the original head, so I guess I'm OK. Here is my > question(s): How could this happen? How do I keep it from happening again? > > Thanks! > Joe > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
