Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Replacing cb250 cylinder head

2012-01-06 Thread Pat Patterson
I agree, you'd have to be pretty ham fisted to screw that up to the point of needing a helicoil. In a car's engine bay sure, but I could have the engine on a bench in an hour or so to be lazy at it. My 450 would be easy even laying on the floor to do it in the bike. At 01:13 PM 1/6/2012, you

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Replacing cb250 cylinder head

2012-01-06 Thread Stephen brown
As the Honda dealer fucked it up the first time I wouldn't trust them to run me a bath On Jan 6, 2012 4:33 PM, "BoonesDaddy" wrote: > Hi All, > > I had a bolt from the exhaust shear off in mt cylinder head. It was > drilled out by the honda dealer, but it required a "helicoil." > Unfortunately, t

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Replacing cb250 cylinder head

2012-01-06 Thread Kurt Nolte
If it is anything like replacing an old aircooled VW head, it isn't hard just time consuming. Remove carburetor, drop engine, unbolt in sequence, swap, bolt in sequence, swap cams and drive chain, adjust and time. Sound wrong to anyone here? Kurt On Jan 6, 2012 11:33 AM, "BoonesDaddy" wrote: >

[Nighthawk Lovers] Replacing cb250 cylinder head

2012-01-06 Thread BoonesDaddy
Hi All, I had a bolt from the exhaust shear off in mt cylinder head. It was drilled out by the honda dealer, but it required a "helicoil." Unfortunately, there ended up being a crack that has resulted in an exhaust leak. I have acquired a used (but in good condition) cylinder head for replacement.