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You are about to make a 'BIG" mistake.

The sizes listed are the bolt diameters...not the size of the hex head on the bolt.

The head cover bolts use a 10mm hex wrench - but they are 6mm bolt diameter, and should be torqued to 6 - 8.5 foot pounds.

And no....you should not follow that additonal chart....if you read what it says on that additional chart....it says it is to be used only when the other charts don't specify a torque.



Dave

You're scaring me......

The cylinder head cover has the rocker arms fastened to it and it is fastened by a bunch of 6mm bolts of varying length.  Do not tighten these much at all.....6 - 8.5 foot pounds which will not likely register accurately on any 100 pound torque wrench.  These bolts are just snug....they are not at all tight.  If you tighten these too much and strip the aluminum threads....you are going to have to take it apart again to fix things.

The cylinder head has the valve and springs mounted inside it, and the spark plug screws into it.  It is held onto the cylinder by four studs that use copper washers and 9mm nuts that are placed on top of the studs, and there are two 8mm bolts that are located beneath the intake and exhaust ports and the nuts are installed from the bottom.

Dave

Put the torque wrench away. Grab a 1/4" ratchet.

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 08/20/14 at 16:40:01:


Yup, that's what I did.

However after I got everything put together and hooked up (oil line, carb, vacuum line, etc) I took it out for a quick spin and it stalled twice when I was downshifting into first. I only filled the gas tank up about half way. The only other thing of significance I did was change the spark plug.

I let it warm up a bit before hand and it was sounding a little lumpy.  and I think the decompression cable may have been a little looser than I hooked it up last time because this time it was making some noise because it had a bit of play in it.