Yep, they catch on the sharp steps for the valve locks when they come off. Going on you use a plastic sleeve over the valve stem and slide them over - but that's a one-way trip.
What is used to pull them off? I see there are special tools for this but I see videos where they just pry them off.
On my AFR heads they came off fairly easy with a twist using my fingers IIRC. But I replaced them. Not familiar with the tools to save them. I'm sure you can probably buy a lot of seals for the price of the tools.
If you’ve got those nitrile seals, you can kinda just pry from the base with a decently wide flat blade screwdriver, and then just pull by hand.
Yes, I believe that is what they are. They are blue. Shame I have to trash them. I ordered new seals.
I'm sure you've heard , we live in a throw away world !
Probably just hang onto to them if they look ok like I do everything else and 2 years down the road, look at them and wonder where the heck they came from..... to many cars.... to many old parts.
Hello- I will post an update on that post.
