RE: Retorquing heads etc.

["Minor, Bob" <Bminor@xxxxxxxx>]

You may well have been lucky, Clyde.  The head gaskets were heavily discussed on the big list a couple years ago about the time mine started leaking.  Like others, I tried re-torqueing with no success.  The new metal style gaskets seem to take care of the problem permanently.  I'm sure your 2001 had the new style but the '96 sure had the old ones.


- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-oilheads@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-oilheads@xxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Clive Liddell
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 10:21 AM
To: oilheads@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Retorquing heads etc. 


Bob,
I must have been lucky then - stopped slight leak(s) on both '96 R850R and
'01 R1100RT just by re-torqueing.  YMMV.
Regards
Clive Liddell
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
'96 R850R   73k.km
'01 R1100RT 47k.km

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Minor, Bob <Bminor@xxxxxxxx>
To: <oilheads@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 4:24 PM
Subject: RE: Retorquing heads etc.


> Use the head bolt nut as a guide (opposite corners are 180 degrees apart)
and mark the 90 and 189 stopping points on the head itself with a felt pen.
It's very accurate if you're careful.
>
> By the way, if you're trying to stop an oil leak and you have the old head
gaskets, it won't stop leaking until you replace them with the newer design.
With a '99 however, you should have the new gaskets.  Maybe it will correct
the problem, if not, complete head gasket replacement is not that tough.

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