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Beer van Huet
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« on: January 06, 2010, 09:15:07 AM »
Hello folks,

I bought a new VN-900 for my wife (she thinks a Valk is too heavy) from a non-dealer and decided to do the service and maintenance myself. I was wondering whether or not the cilinder heads need to be retorqued. It doesn't say so in the manual, but if I put a new gasket in my car for instance, the cilinderhead need to be retorqued after a while. If not, why is there a difference?

TIA,

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Ricky-D
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« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2010, 12:48:30 PM »
Depends upon the gasket!!

Most newer specie gaskets are made so that retorque is not required.

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« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2010, 04:49:46 PM »
Second Rickys response cooldude
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« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2010, 03:27:17 AM »
Quote from: Robert on January 06, 2010, 04:49:46 PM
Second Rickys response cooldude


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« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2010, 01:49:04 PM »
If you re-torque head -you may need to eyeball valve adjust then.
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« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2010, 02:04:05 PM »
The only head re-torque i've ever heard of is done on most Ducati's and or Aprilia's. The 800 mile which gets a valve adj after. Actually most metric bikes have the head studs that once torqued should never be retightened.
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