Does Crower have a spintron or do you rent time on one from time to time?
I've been screaming for years about guys letting spring pressures drop. It's a parts killer. I've seen valve locks cracked into mutineers pieces, fretting of the lock and retainer, lock grooves beat senseless, seats beat down, valve faces coined...you know what I'm say. And that's almost always traceable to low spring load.