Seating contact width
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Create contact pattern on each valve in the usual manner, i.e., by giving uniform coat of marking compound to valve seat and by rotating tapping seat with valve head. Valve lapper (tool used in valve lapping) must be used.
Pattern produced on seating surface of valve must be a continuous ring without any break, and the width of pattern must be within specified range.
Standard seating width "a" revealed by contact pattern on valve face
IN: 1.05 - 1.35 mm (0.0414 - 0.531 in.)
EX: 1.12 - 1.42 mm (0.0441 - 0.0559 in.)