Hello, John Talley here with partzilla.com.
Today I'm going to show you how to remove the head on our 2012 Polaris RZR 900 XP.
Pretty simple to do, let me go grab a couple of tools and I'll show you how to do it.
The tool list to get the head removed is really short.
Basically you just need an 8 and 14 mm socket, an extension, and then a decent 3/8 inch ratchet.
That's all you're going to need.
So, let's go ahead and get the valve cover off.
And we're supposed to bring up the cams to top dead center.
Obviously that's not going to happen so we're going to have to take it apart where it sits.
This is just Torx bits.
Make sure you don't try to cram a regular Allen in there.
She's actually really close to top dead center.
We wanted both of these cam lobes to be in the up position.
Let's go ahead and get the tensioner out of there.
Then we'll get the sprockets off.
Then we can get the cam out.
Oh by look at this.
Yeah, they did a great job assembling this.
that bolt has almost worked its way out.
Oh boy look at this: yeah, they didn't do a great job assembling this.
That bolt has almost worked its way out.
The cams are very hard, but because they're hard they're also very, very brittle, so that
means they break easily.
A little bit of scoring here.
Nothing horrible, so I don't think it was oil starvation that got this.
My theory is that the wrong sized main bearings are in here, and that's what caused it to
seize up.
But we won't know that until we pull the bottom end apart.
Let's go ahead and get the tappets out.
Tell you what: we're going to go ahead and take these shims out because chances are I'll
end up dropping one and won't be able to find it.
Alright guys, let's go ahead and get this head off.
There are six main bolts up top, and you've got these two little small ones on the side.
The ones up top we want to take them off in eighth-inch turns, and you want to do it in
the following pattern: one, two, three, four, five, six.
And keep rotating around until they're all loose and then you can go on and go ahead
and remove the head.
Alright, let's get this head tapped off.
Keep in mind the head is the only thing holding the cylinder on it right now.
There we go.
Alright, she is off.
Not that tough of a procedure.
Listen, if you need any of the parts to rebuild your head why don't you find us at partzilla.com
and we can get you taken care of.
If you need some more information as far as the actual rebuilding process and getting
it installed, why don't you check out our YouTube channel a little bit further and I
can show you how to get that done.
And until next time we just want to say thanks for watching.