Wait!! Joho... I See Another Issue In Your Pic!!!

Wait A Minute!! Is That Hoffa???

 

Not an in. lb. is it. Just curious what did you use to tighten them?

 

Best thing I've seen all day man.

 

hahhaha!
drew, you make this whole thread worth while.

 

a torque wrench and got them up to 7 ft lbs.

 

I wouldn't trust a ft lb wrench at the very low end like that and you found out why. Get a a 1/4 in drive set like the pic I posted for a good feel down low. NO not that down low.

 

There is a cold spec for when you rebuild a cylinder head. It only gets you in the ballpark, so to speak, so you can get the engine running and up to temp.

You definitely should set the valve lash while the engine is hot.

 

well called ray laks
i ordered a few extra nuts incase i messed up any other ones.
they dont stock them, so they had to order them,
weds they will be in...
so this threads gonna have no updates for about a week.

im gonna take this moment to thank everyone that has made this
scary situation into something i can laugh at in a week.
and everyone who tried to help me,
even though i was born with 10 thumbs and no fingers .

this forum seriously rocks, you guys bail me outta crap so often.

 

You can get those nuts at any Jap bike shop in the world same exact thing and 1/2 the price to I'll bet.

 

you are a day or two late for that one...
but i will look into that...

 

this just dawned on me...
since i have my RRM UDP on my car...
and im taking it to mitsu for my adjustment...
are they going to have trouble getting TDC?
(I did mark it with an etching mark from a screwdriver)
but i was wondering if they have any sort of tool
or technique to figure out TDC?

 

I would let them deal with that, there are multiple methods to determine TDC. In any case, if you are paying them it's their problem to figure out.

 

this is true,
i do pay them,
but the thing is i pay them
"by the hour"
and at 90$ an hour... these people could suck my wallet dry.
so i just dont want them to give me the keys and be like
"well since we didnt have the marking on the udp,
it took 2 hrs to figure out tdc...."

(exageration, and possibly over worrying, but hey, what could go wrong has gone wrong for this guy...)

 

true. I would maybe mention that fact, and also talk the shop manager into letting you watch them do it

 

well,
id love to do that,
but they said they have to keep it overnight
cause they do the adjustment cold.
so im not gonna be able to see it...