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    REPLACING VALVE SPRINGS

    Dec 25, 2019 2 minutes

    THE TOP END ON A BSA STARFIRE HAS a tendency to rattle but the noise from the valve gear of mine sounded excessive, and when I removed the side cover over the valve clearance adjusters a curl of metal was revealed which looked a lot like a bit of valve spring.

    Being a pushrod single, checking this was easy and it could be

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