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There are 2 important things to
consider when putting the valve covers back on.
Keeping them from leaking and not over tightening the bolts. They can break. |
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| Of course, line up the cover matching the cylinder head, and notice the bolts start threading in nearly half and inch from the cover. Once you get all the bolts threaded into a cover, move the valve cover so that the bolts will tighten in nearly all the way by hand. I've found that if the valve cover is in just the right place the bolts will can be turned in flush with cover by hand, before using a wrench. This is the best way of insuring that the cover doesn't leak, while maintaining the least amount of lateral stress on the bolts. | |||
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When tightening the bolts, use as little of the wrench as you can. Note
my hand position on the wrench. This helps keep the amount of torque
applied to a minimum.
If you break one of these bolts it's NOT hard to get the broken end out of the head. (below) I'm detailing this because even with 35 years of solid mechanical experience on air-cooled |
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| VWs, British bikes and now, 4 years on mid '70s Hondas, the first time I did a valve adjustment on this bike I broke one of these bolts (it was already weak, no doubt). | |||
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The easiest way to remove one of these bolts when broken, is to use a
spring loaded center punch to keep the drill bit centered and use a reverse
drill bit with the drill turning backwards.
I was told this, at the time by a long time Goldwinger, "ABE" in San Antonio, and it worked very well, with little effort. |
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