Stuck pushrod tubes, How can I easily remove these? Options

[Radmacdaddy]

I'm getting near pulling my heads but my pushrod tubes are really tight. I very gently turned them with a pair pliers to try & get them loose, but they are not popping out.

Any good ideas.

Thanks for quick replies!!

[bigkensteele]

I had to use vice grips and a pretty fair amount of force on mine. The inner rings were either swolen or the wrong size (most probable), and they took some major persuasion. The key is rotating them while pulling. My motor is out of my car, so it was probably a lot easier than what you are dealing with. I considered getting new tubes, as the vice grips left some marks, but then I came to my senses and realized that nobody is ever going to see them.

The new viton seals went right in with a satisfying little pop, no problem.