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Thanks Tony head arrived today looks very nice will be sure to re check give a good clean and recheck all shims once installed! Head gasket ordered and decided to go with Bazza's tensioner mod (thanks Bazza for coming back to me) sorted it today and hopefully paid the right person on Paypal :0/ I am...

hope I get my bike fixed before it aall ends!

Looks like Tony has rescued the head :D So with the rebuild looming.......... I've read a lot on here about tensioners and I was going to just plonk in some manual tensioners in but before I do. Does anyone have a suggested type? There seem to be a few on ebay and all look more or less the same also...

There wasn't much stud left in the end after welding a nut on failed, a piece of plate was used with a hole drilled and a mig weld, then tapped gently with a hammer. A small weldors gas axe came in handy to give it some heat a few times to let the contracting move things a little. It was jammed well...

Bolt is out after welding a nut and it snapping we then heated gently with a small gas axe to try and break the seal with expansion and welded a plate with a hole drilled in it to the remaining stump. Thought it was going to snap again, but flush this time but a tappy tappy (gently) and it came out ...

Try getting a hinge pin out of a dhollandia tuckaway tail lift! I Hate Steel in ali. I normally prefer lager bolts and a gas axe but I am sure if am gentle she will come out.

The helpful peps on this site!

I ve had to remove a few broken bolts in my time. Dont want to jinx myself but welding a new bolt head on usual works so hopefully will get it out. watch this space! On another note I locked my keyes in my car at the weekend so had a look on the MKIV forums for the best soloutions to the problem aft...

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Hey Tony Looks like I wont be despaching that head to you until after the weekend, extracting that sheared exhaust stud is proving more difficult thn I first thought it would be, soaked it cleaned it and moley's wont touch it so taking it into work at the weekend to get the mig on it and weld a new ...

If you get the stud out I'll fit a replacement one foc.

Can this site get any better! Thanks Tony

I am going for a box inside a box approach I know how good these couriers are at breaking things. I did notice one of the shims is missing. must of happened when the caps fell out. My other half stood on the peice of wood the cylinder head was resting on I caught it no impact but the caps fell out w...

Thanks Tony you must have a few bits lying around!

i looked up courier earlier today and will get it off in either tomororrow or Wednesday.depending on when they collect but will confirm tomorrow. Just need to gigure out how to courier proof it!

Hope it still looks sharp once I have finshed re painting the fairings with the flush fit indicators! http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y370/Mark_Ainscough/Mobile%20Uploads/410CB41A-1E17-4C1F-A7F6-D863085BB066_zpswvpnhjfn.jpg http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y370/Mark_Ainscough/Mobile%20Uploads...

Thanks Tony. Must of made a noise when that went! I have replied and will ship this week. If I cant get valves on here I can buy some and get them sent to you no problem. Think I will let you look at the casing before I jump the gun I dont really want to remove them our lass will kill me if she find...