Hello All,
What is the accepted method for fitting lightweight heads? At what point does one fit the push rod? Do you drop the push rod in and them assemble the rocker arm once its in?
Cheers
JPA
John, I bolted down the he…
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Previously Ulrich Hoffmann…
Previously Ulrich Hoffmann wrote:
John, I bolted down the heads without pushrods and rocker arms.
See manual for the correct fastening order of the head bolts.
Then I slipped in the pushrods and put in the rocker arms.
You have to turn the engine over when fixing the individual rocker arms
so the valves do not get compressed when in the opening stroke.
Thanks Ulli,
I have noticed that when I fitted the barrel on that the is a piece of the gasket showing in the area where the there is a sort of recess (where the push rod tubes would be on a Triumph--I am assuming people just trim it to suit--anyone seen similar?
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John, I bolted down the heads without pushrods and rocker arms.
See manual for the correct fastening order of the head bolts.
Then I slipped in the pushrods and put in the rocker arms.
You have to turn the engine over when fixing the individual rocker arms
so the valves do not get compressed when in the opening stroke.