# Broke a exhaust spring.....dammit!

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415>\
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [November 20, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415 "2011-11-20T16:34:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 3

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![10secondC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/10secondc/32/6715_2.png) [@10secondC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/10secondC)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415/3 "2011-11-20T17:09:43Z")

</div>

> [@Another local club/forum.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-local-club-forum/46167/16):
>
> Ouch, good one. I’d do a LD test on that cylinder and check the valve just incase. Very rarely does it tweak the valve stem, but it does happen.
> 
> Shit just noticed what you said at the bottom of that pic. Yeah, not good. Would not be surprised if you found the stem bent

oh the valve is toast…guide probably is as well…most likely I will be replacing that piston to…fingers crossed that it just kissed…but I doubt it.

---

_[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415)._