struck oil in the mountains

[Guest]

On my 1100 most of the head bolts are under the valve cover. Only bolts 7&6 8&5 are acessable without removeable. We are talking about the cylinder head cover aka valve cover?

[Hoomgar]

Doahhh! Wake me up! I just had it off when I did the retorquing. Sorry

Yeah there are no head bolts under the valve cover buddy


It's all good man

[Guest]

Caught me changing my post! I was stressing about looking like a boob(which I should be used to). Broke out my Clymer and might as well of wrote it myself with colorful pics. The eight bolts that start at the cases, through the cylinders and up through the head are these the head bolts? Don't these torque down the base gasket and head gasket. Please excuse my ignroance.

[Hoomgar]

Caught me changing my post! I was stressing about looking like a boob(which I should be used to). Broke out my Clymer and might as well of wrote it myself with colorful pics. The eight bolts that start at the cases, through the cylinders and up through the head are these the head bolts? Don't these torque down the base gasket and head gasket. Please excuse my ignroance.

Looking like a boob?!? Man, your talking with Hoomgar, you are automatically guilty by association So no worries

As for the bolts, I would like to state three things:

1. Yes, the bolts I believe you are talking about are the head bolts that tie the whole works together. On a four cylinder engine, you should see 12 of them, not 8 though? They can be seen in this pic, ignore the red circle, count the head bolt holes:


2. I have never had a motorcycle that had any of these bolts under the valve cover.

3. It is highly possible that there are motorcycles that do have these bolts under the valve cover. I simply am not aware of any.

Sorry for any confusion

[Guest]

Damn! Twelve bolts. There I go again. I just hope the guy who started this thread got it worked out.

[robsGS850]

I'm so confused.

Just kidding. Wow, this forum is great, thanks for all the discussion and input and the pics.

I'm picking up a gasket this weekend (and a torque wrench -- love a good excuse to get a new tool. ha),

lucky for me, it's a long weekend. I like to wrench things, but mostly i wind up throwing a wrench in things. But it's all in good fun.

I'll see if I can post pics (cuz I can't imagine a more picturesque procedure)

cheers,
rob

[dpep]

Prematex make a gasket sealant in a spray can that I have used to stop some smaller leaks. It might be worth a try. Along with the retorque it might be all you need.