Head b0lts
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From: FLORIDA
Head b0lts
the head bolts on a S&S sh 93 are impossible to get too once the engine is mounted
so if you order one torque the head bolts before mounting, the crate shipping loosen them
may have to take the whole engine off to tighten them
so if you order one torque the head bolts before mounting, the crate shipping loosen them
may have to take the whole engine off to tighten them
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you know i been thinking I've been riding this S&S for four years no the shipping didn't loosen the rocker box bolts, I maybe able to order some thin box end wrenches and tightened them gonna try that
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From: la la land jerzey
You will in the end - remove the cylinder heads and then replace the rocker box gaskets - dont re use the paper type - get the cometic foam over a thin alloy center
pulling them down even more will warp the top rocker boxes or even strip the thread or even brake off the stud in the head
that will add even more issues its a simple oil leak you now have - no its not easy to fix - but its what happens - the same day it started you might have had a chance of a wrench working but not 4 years later
pulling them down even more will warp the top rocker boxes or even strip the thread or even brake off the stud in the head
that will add even more issues its a simple oil leak you now have - no its not easy to fix - but its what happens - the same day it started you might have had a chance of a wrench working but not 4 years later
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From: FLORIDA
You will in the end - remove the cylinder heads and then replace the rocker box gaskets - dont re use the paper type - get the cometic foam over a thin alloy center
pulling them down even more will warp the top rocker boxes or even strip the thread or even brake off the stud in the head
that will add even more issues its a simple oil leak you now have - no its not easy to fix - but its what happens - the same day it started you might have had a chance of a wrench working but not 4 years later
pulling them down even more will warp the top rocker boxes or even strip the thread or even brake off the stud in the head
that will add even more issues its a simple oil leak you now have - no its not easy to fix - but its what happens - the same day it started you might have had a chance of a wrench working but not 4 years later
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I cannot but... One can pull the heads, certainly with engine in chassis, then address the Rockers... Like John said.
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From: la la land jerzey
We would just do a top end over haul while its apart as its going to be around the next corner it will need something as you have no idea how worn it actually is
so plan on doing just that - and in the end you wont be sorry - and race said - the top end comes off in the frame
so plan on doing just that - and in the end you wont be sorry - and race said - the top end comes off in the frame