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Need your help with my broken valve spring / head damage - please?

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Please help!! Since I've got my HCI combo together, it's only ran for 100 miles over 5 different days. It's currently been down since the end of June, with a broken valve spring. The head got mashed up from the spring being short and dancing around. Normally, the recess in the head for the spring locates it on the head. Now, the recess is opened up and has a larger diameter than the spring. Do I need a spring cup? Does the head recess need machined to a larger diameter to fit the cup?

What do I need to do to fix this?!?!? Do I NEED to take these to a machine shop? Is it recommended?

Thanks,
Rick
 

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Yes, you are going to beed to get it machined to get it to fit the spring cup..
 
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Any guesstimate on how much that will cost?

Thanks,
Rick
 
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