Lisle 36050 Valve Keeper Remover and Installer Kit

NOT cheap junk that disintegrates when used. Works perfectly and will continue to do so until the end of time. This is a necessary tool for valve springs that are recessed into the head and this one has magnets that will hold up and continue to work. Cheap foreign fakes just fall to bits (which then contaminate the motor!) and are totally worthless. Been there and know better now so learn from my error, pay a tad more and get a tool worth having and that will do the job. This one!

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

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.

These are a absolute must if you do lots of head work on cars it takes seconds to remove the Valve keepers they fall into a magnet chamber so no flying round the workshop or van and no hunting for the one that pinged off and you didn't see where it landed the Instalation of the valves again is really easy as well

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!