[Spridgets] Head Stud Torque Setting
Ron Soave
soavero at yahoo.com
Sat Nov 28 16:01:39 MST 2015
(We cheat; heated gear!!)
Ron Soave
> On Nov 28, 2015, at 4:08 PM, Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net> wrote:
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> I have been riding motorcycles in California since 1971. Anymore if the temp goes below 45 degrees.I'm out. I have an extended half shell helmet and my ears are exposed. Unless my ears are covered in less the 50 degrees it feels like a blow torch on my ears. Ron, you guys win.
> Mike MacLean
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> On Saturday, November 28, 2015 1:25 PM, Ron Soave <soavero at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> 26 degrees and my wife and I rode one of the motorcycles 110 miles round trip to breakfast. Same tomorrow, but 160 round trip. Game over.
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> Ron Soave
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>> On Nov 28, 2015, at 2:08 PM, Michael MacLean via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>> I'll have you now it is 62 degrees at this time. I am looking at the window thermometer outside my bedroom (heated) window as I type.
>> Mike
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>> On Saturday, November 28, 2015 11:49 AM, Rick Fisk <refisk at chartermi.net> wrote:
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>> Cold garage? In San Bernardino? What - is it all the way down to 65 F? LOL
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>> It's 34 F in my garage right at the moment.
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>> Sent from my keyboard
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>>> On Nov 28, 2015, at 2:20 PM, Michael MacLean via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>>> You're going to make me go out in the cold garage and remove the valve cover and look to see what kind of spacers I have.
>>> Mike
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>>> On Saturday, November 28, 2015 11:15 AM, Peter Caldwell <peter at nosimport.com> wrote:
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>>> Hmmm some/most/all? high lift use solid spacers, so back to torquing, I venture.
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>>>> On 11/28/2015 12:47 PM, Michael MacLean wrote:
>>>> I will check the rocker bushings, but there is only a few thousand miles on the rocker assembly since the 1275 was built a few years ago. They are high ratio (1.5) rockers, but I don't think there is that much wear on them yet. The very first time I put oil in the engine, the oil would fill the valve cover before it would eventually drain down in the block. When I built this engine I went kinda crazy trying to lighten the valve train and installed hollow pushrods. Besides, they don't flex or bend. The problem is the holes that the pushrods pass through were enlarged, but apparently not large enough for oil to easily pass by.
>>>> Mike MacLean
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>>>> On Saturday, November 28, 2015 10:01 AM, Peter Caldwell <peter at nosimport.com> wrote:
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>>>> And while loose, you can wiggle the rockers to feel if maybe those bushings are worn, which can be another reason the head gets flooded with oil
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>>>>> On 11/28/2015 11:53 AM, rrengineer.mike wrote:
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>>>> "Palm to forehead", why didn't I think of that? Thanks Peter for saving me all that work. Besides, I would have to figure out how my new electronic works.
>>>> Mike MacLean
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>>>> Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S® 5, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
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>>>> -------- Original message --------
>>>> From: Peter Caldwell <peter at nosimport.com>
>>>> Date: 11/28/2015 9:38 AM (GMT-08:00)
>>>> To: "rrengineer.mike" <rrengineer.mike at att.net>, spridgets at autox.team.net
>>>> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Head Stud Torque Setting
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>>>> In those desperate times at a race, you loosen adjusting nuts and slide the rocker to the side, unless you have solid spacers.
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>>>>> On 11/28/2015 11:27 AM, rrengineer.mike wrote:
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>>>> I am not pulling the head. I may be wrong, but I have to remove the head Stud nuts on the pedastals to lift the rocker assembly off the engine to replace the pushrods. I'm thinking the other stud nuts have to be loosened also to re-torque the head properly. Is there another way to replace the pushrods without loosening all the head nuts in sequence?
>>>> Mike MacLean
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>>>> Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S® 5, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
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>>>> -------- Original message --------
>>>> From: Peter Caldwell via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net>
>>>> Date: 11/28/2015 6:30 AM (GMT-08:00)
>>>> To: spridgets at autox.team.net
>>>> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Head Stud Torque Setting
>>>>
>>>> Why pull the head at all?
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>>>> Peter Caldwell
>>>> World Wide Auto Parts of Madison WI
>>>> 2517 Seiferth Rd
>>>> Madison WI 53716
>>>> (608)223-9400
>>>> www.nosimport.com
>>>> http://stores.ebay.com/worldwideimportautoparts
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>>> Peter Caldwell
>>> World Wide Auto Parts of Madison WI
>>> 2517 Seiferth Rd
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