Head Removal Help Needed!
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Head Removal Help Needed!
Hey guys... I'm pulling my head this weekend so I can swap it with my newly ported and built Alaniz head. I removed the Valve cover and caps that hold the cams in... I then lifted the cams out. I need to remove the part the cams sit in and the rocker arm assembly as illustrated in the photo below. Does anyone have any idea how to do this? I have all the bolts taken out that hold it down and the Honda manual gives no hint on a special way to take it out. I need to remove it so I can take out the head bolts and replace the head gasket. Any help in this area you can give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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If you mean that you've removed all the bolts and still can't get the journals off...tap them with a block of wood or wood dowl. You can even use a hammer against the wood...but it should not take too much force. Then you can rock them back and forth till they come free.
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yeah all the bolts are out. and by all of them, I mean all the #31 bolts and # 18 & 19 bolts if you look at the diagram above. Each cap has 3 # 31 bolts and then either #18 or 19 bolt... so a total of 4 per cap or 20 for the whole head. once those are out and the caps and cams are removed there should be nothing holding the journals in except the dowels (#26 in the photo) am I correct?
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Originally Posted by SPECIAL-OPS-S2K,Nov 10 2007, 01:40 PM
ok I have everything I can think of unbolted and loose and the head still seems attached! anyone have any ideas on getting it off? thanks for your help...
the intake plenum does weigh quite a bit too. there are the dowels that hold the head together, can you move them up?
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I was in the same position as you a month ago.. As safely as you can, find a way to pry a section at a time, just a lil.. The key is finding the right position and angle.. I originally thought it was welded on there, lol it was that tight.. good luck bro
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^^ I agree. I had to "pry" a little to get mine to come off. Its a very very tight fit. I did it alone in my apartment driveway though so it can be done. It will have to come up and forward at the same time and its not light.