Engine top end 5-23

Cylinder Head

• Tap in the places shown with a mallet [A] to remove the cylinder head.

Cylinder Head Installation

• Install the rear chain guide, knock pins [A] and new gasket [B].

• Install a new cylinder head gasket with "UP" [A] marked side positioning to the right.

NOTE

OThe camshaft caps are machined with the cylinder head so if a new cylinder head is installed, use the caps that are supplied with the new head.

• Tighten the 10 mm cylinder head bolts following the tight­
ening sequence. Tighten them first to about one half of
the specified torque.

Torque - Cylinder Head Bolts 10 mm: 51 N-m (5.2 kgf-m, 38 ft-lb) Cylinder Head Bolts 6 mm: 9.8 N-m (1.0 kgf-m, 87 in-lb)

• Tighten the 6 mm cylinder bolts.

• Install the camshafts, camshaft caps and top chain guide. Install the head oil pipes.