Honda Accord 2008 Manual page 1315

Regulator Valve Body Disassembly, Inspection, and Reassembly
1. C l e a n a l l p a r t s t h o r o u g h l y i n s o l v e n t , a n d d r y t h e m w i t h c o m p r e s s e d a i r . B l o w o u t a l l p a s s a g e s .
2. I n s p e c t t h e r e g u l a t o r v a l v e b o d y f o r s c o r i n g a n d d a m a g e .
3. H o l d t h e r e g u l a t o r s p r i n g c a p i n p l a c e w h i l e r e m o v i n g t h e s t o p b o l t . T h e r e g u l a t o r s p r i n g c a p i s s p r i n g l o a d e d .
O n c e t h e s t o p b o l t is r e m o v e d , r e l e a s e t h e s p r i n g c a p s l o w l y s o it d o e s n o t p o p o u t .
4. C h e c k a l l v a l v e s f o r f r e e m o v e m e n t . If a n y f a i l t o s l i d e f r e e l y , r e f e r t o v a l v e b o d y r e p a i r p r o c e d u r e ( s e e p a g e
1 4 - 2 8 8 ) .
5. C o a t a l l p a r t s w i t h A T F d u r i n g a s s e m b l y .
6. A l i g n t h e h o l e i n t h e r e g u l a t o r s p r i n g c a p w i t h t h e s t o p b o l t h o l e , t h e n p r e s s t h e s p r i n g c a p i n t o t h e v a l v e b o d y ,
a n d t i g h t e n t h e s t o p b o l t .
7. I n s t a l l t h e s e r v o v a l v e w i t h a n e w O - r i n g , a n d t h e 3 r d a c c u m u l a t o r p i s t o n w i t h a n e w O - r i n g .
S P R I N G S P E C I F I C A T I O N S
S p r i n g s S t a n d a r d ( N e w ) - U n i t : m m (in.)
W i r e D i a m e t e r O . D . F r e e L e n g t h N o . of C o i l s
A 3 r d a c c u m u l a t o r s p r i n g 3.1 ( 0 . 1 2 2 )
1 9 . 6 ( 0 . 7 7 2 ) 4 1 . 4 ( 1 . 6 3 0 ) 5.5
B
C o o l e r c h e c k v a l v e s p r i n g 0.9 ( 0 . 0 3 5 ) 6.7 ( 0 . 2 6 4 ) 3 1 . 5 ( 1 . 2 4 0 ) 14.2
C L o c k - u p c o n t r o l v a l v e s p r i n g ( t y p e A ) 0.7 ( 0 . 0 2 8 ) 6.6 ( 0 . 2 6 0 ) 4 2 . 9 ( 1 . 6 8 9 ) 14.2
L o c k - u p c o n t r o l v a l v e s p r i n g ( t y p e B)
0.8 ( 0 . 0 3 1 ) 6.6 ( 0 . 2 6 0 )
4 4 . 3 ( 1 . 7 4 4 )
2 5 . 5
D
R e g u l a t o r v a l v e s p r i n g B 1 . 4 ( 0 . 0 5 5 ) 8.8 ( 0 . 3 4 6 ) 4 4 . 0 ( 1 . 7 3 2 ) 12.0
E R e g u l a t o r v a l v e s p r i n g A 1.85 ( 0 . 0 7 3 ) 14.7 ( 0 . 5 7 9 ) 8 6 . 9 ( 3 . 4 2 1 ) 16.2
F S t a t o r r e a c t i o n s p r i n g 5 . 5 ( 0 . 2 1 7 ) 3 7 . 4 ( 1 . 4 7 2 ) 3 0 . 3 ( 1 . 1 9 3 ) 2.1
N O T E : A s f o r t h e l o c k - u p c o n t r o l v a l v e s p r i n g , e i t h e r t y p e A o r t y p e B is a p p l i e d .
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