m6w6
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Ooops, sorry -- looks like I didn't post the final update in spring...
I replaced the chain, the tensioner and blades, as well as the bent ex valves.
I replaced the chain, the tensioner and blades, as well as the bent ex valves.
Mike Rocket
Rocket 3
Did you have to remove the cylinder liners to reseal them?
m6w6
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Just to be clear: I didn't remove the liners and reseal them.
Mike Rocket
Rocket 3
I know this is an old thread but just a quick question for my curiosity. Did you reuse the head bolts and if you did was it ok and did you tighten them down as per the manual spec, ie. the stretch method?
m6w6
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Nope, I used new head bolts and tightened them as per the manual.
Mike Rocket
Rocket 3
Thankyou for the information. it,s just that new head bolts are expensive but i do not know of anybody reusing them. We just have to pay the high prices i guess.
Journeyman
"And this one is just right" ~ Goldilocks
I reused mine....
10.5:1 piston & lush cams
During assembly reading the manual, it says to replace the main bearing ladder bolts. Have any of you reused them? I thought I had ordered all the parts needed for the piston change but I miss this. Looks like I will be waiting on the bolts to finish the job :banghead:
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Mike Rocket
Rocket 3
If you can reuse the head bolts are they just selling bolts? We always reused head bolts 30 years ago before all of this tightening down then rotating 90 degrees then another 30 degrees etc.
Nearly all the modern bike and car engines say replace head bolts these days.
Seems like sales patter to me.
Maybe they are making them out of softer steel now?
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I reused mine....
10.5:1 piston & lush cams
During assembly reading the manual, it says to replace the main bearing ladder bolts. Have any of you reused them? I thought I had ordered all the parts needed for the piston change but I miss this. Looks like I will be waiting on the bolts to finish the job :banghead:
That's the main bearing ladder bolts. An older version of the manual appears to imply that one can reuse the main bearing bolts, but to not resuse head bolts.
A later version says to not reuse either main bearing or head bolts.
However I believe Nev also reuses both bolts without issue. I have too. There is also the option of the ARP headbolts.
P.S. previous post was removed as I had a few errors in it, but Mike quoted it too soon.
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