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re torkng the head .....

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I am going to re tork the head today to hopefully stop the oil leak . i know i have to loosen the head bolts before torking them down in order but ,do I loosen them in the same order ?All loose then tighten all or loosen one tighten one . May sound funny but i wanna do it right !
as always
THANKS FOR SAVING MY SORRY ASS AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vinny
 
Re: re torkng the head .....

ddz said:
I am going to re tork the head today to hopefully stop the oil leak . i know i have to loosen the head bolts before torking them down in order but ,do I loosen them in the same order ?All loose then tighten all or loosen one tighten one . May sound funny but i wanna do it right !
as always
THANKS FOR SAVING MY SORRY ASS AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vinny
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Vinny...email me at rudianger2@yahoo.com and I'll reply with a scanned page from my GS1100E manual. Not sure what bike you have but the order and tourque should be about the same.

Rudi
 
Since you already have a leak, I would re-torque by loosening them all first. This will give the head a chance to spread out evenly as you re-torque. Just crack them loose, don't loosen them a lot. Don't forget the small 10mm bolts on the sides and in front (whatever you have). Be sure the motor is stone cold.
 
What Keith said. That's exactly how I did it man. Only thing I can add is I re-torqued them from the center out then when I did it. Working in a criss cross pattern from side to side. It worked perfectly. No more leaking at the head.
I didn't follow the re-torque procedure listed but instead followed the one that a friend told me a while ago. I loosened all the nuts, tapped on the head from the sides lightly a few times on each side with a rubber mallet, then with the socket hand tightened all the nuts. Then I went over them with the torque wrench and torqued to specs in the pattern shown in this pic, it worked like a charm for me.

Torque.jpg
 
dont forget to get a nice even tourqe all the way around that if the tourqe spec is say 100ft/lbs(I have no idea what it is) the tourqe everything to 80 first then go through at 90, then go through a final at 100. this should give best results.
 
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