Changing Heads

ChunkyMonkey · Post by **ChunkyMonkey** » Tue May 29, 2007 9:22 am

Stormin Ben wrote:
kevg wrote:i'll dig it out and find an envelope big enough.
Its only made of paper, just fold it up and put it in a standard one

GGRRRRRRRRRRR

Squiffythewombat · Post by **Squiffythewombat** » Tue May 29, 2007 6:33 pm

sirch345 wrote:
ChunkyMonkey wrote:I have bought an accident damaged Firestorm and need to swap the front cylinder head.
Can this be done without removing the engine?
Any hints or tips to look out for?
Cheers
Andy
Not wishing to contradict you Toby (Squiffy) but I didn't think the engine does need to come out to remove the front cylinder head

Jurgen has just fitted new valves to his front cylinder head and he didn't mention anything about removing the engine first, as I'm sure he would have if he'd had to.

I've just had a check in the Haynes manual and they definitely say the c/heads can be removed with the engine in the frame.

Andy you will need to follow a similar procedure as for removing the front CCT as in this link http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8326 before you get to the stage of removing the c/head, you will also need to drain of the cooling fluid before removing the c/head. REMEMBER THAT ANTI-FREEZE IS POISONOUS, so take care how you dispose of it

Chris.

o0o0o0o0o!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nice one chris!!!

That was what my mecanic told me! If you dont have to drop the lump out then thats a major bonus, ill check my haynes tonight and might even give it a go myself...

Squiffythewombat · Post by **Squiffythewombat** » Tue May 29, 2007 6:41 pm

Stormin Ben wrote:
kevg wrote:i'll dig it out and find an envelope big enough.
Its only made of paper, just fold it up and put it in a standard one

LOL! to be fair my zxr hard cornflakes packet gaskets, they never went wrong!

Post by **sirch345** » Wed May 30, 2007 10:21 am

Squiffythewombat wrote:
LOL! to be fair my zxr hard cornflakes packet gaskets, they never went wrong!

That brings back some memories

In years gone by I've made quite a few using that method

It was mainly due to being quicker than having to order them, it meant I could get the bike back on the road sooner

Squiffythewombat · Post by **Squiffythewombat** » Wed May 30, 2007 5:18 pm

sirch345 wrote:
That brings back some memories In years gone by I've made quite a few using that method

It was mainly due to being quicker than having to order them, it meant I could get the bike back on the road sooner

Exactly the same reason i made mine, and to be honest would do it again, its cheap, easy and i dont really see how they make a difference from the other type? (other than maybe fraying bits of cardboard into the area in question?)