Hello, John Talley here with partzilla.com.
Today I'm going to show you how to reinstall the head on our 2008 Yamaha R6.
Not really that tough to do, it was easy to pull it apart wasn't it?
Well, putting it back together there's a few things that you need to do.
It starts by just getting this cleaned up, then there's a very specific torque sequence
to get the head snugged down correctly.
So, let me get this cleaned up and I'll show you how to get the head installed.
Alright guys, this is going to be a skill level three, so you really need to bring your
A-game on this one.
As far as the tools, what you're going to need is just a 3/8ths and a quarter-inch ratchet,
a pick tool, then you need a five and a ten millimeter Allen.
As far as sockets, you need to have an 8, a 10, a 14, and a 16.
And then a 3/8ths extension.
Most importantly, you're going to need to have a good torque wrench.
Alright, now if you would reference the drawings that we have and they'll reference how this
all is going to go back together.
As far as the parts, they're really not going to be that many, but if you would reference
those drawings and get those ordered at partzilla.com.
Once you've got all that together, then we can get started.
alright guys we're about to get this stuff cleaned off.
It's not really that tough, but it helps a lot if you use some type of contact brake
cleaner.
Spray it on.
And then just start to brush straight off.
Just like that.
The gasket that they use of the head is for the most part metal.
But it has this coating on it.
And that coating is what I'm actually having to scrub off.
Because we want this to be really clean when the go to put the new one on.
We don't want any of this oil residue from the engine on that surface.
What I've done is I've had the engine in a stand, and I've actually got it tilted a little
bit back toward me where all this stuff is running away from the engine instead of in
it.
Also, when you're using this stuff, make sure you've got glasses on.
I have to wear my glasses, but if you've got better vision than I, wear some type of safety
glasses because I promise you you do not want to get this in your eye.
I know from experience: it really hurts.
Alright, once you're sure you've got that clean, you can go ahead and bring over the
head gasket.
Try to touch the flat surfaces as little as possible.
The other thing you need to make sure of is you've got your two dowel pins in place here
and here.
Now, let's go ahead and bring the head over.
Alright, let's get some bolts on there and get her torqued down-- she's starting to look
like an engine now.
Alright, let's go ahead and get our washer in place.
the ones on the outside here are really easy.
The ones on the inside I just use a little magnet and a screwdriver just to knock it
off once I get it down in there.
They actually have to go in at an angle and then flatten them out.
Alright, let's start getting the rest of these in.
These are actually put in with an 8 mm Allen.
Alright, she's sat down like we want her to, we've got everything just hand-tight now.
Next, we need to go ahead and start the actual torquing procedure.
The first ones we're going to do are one through seven, and then number ten.
First round we just take those to 18 foot pounds.
There's 10 right there.
Notice I jumped from seven to 10.
Now we're going to go back and get eight and nine.
Eight and nine go to 22 foot-pounds the first time around.
Alright, the final on these-- the one through seven and then number 10-- this is going to
be 31 foot-pounds.
The two on the end, their final is 44 foot-pounds.
The only ones left are just these two on the end-- 5mm Allens.
And they're just set to 8.9 foot-pounds so we're going to call that nine.
That's it.
She is torqued down now.
Well alright guys, that pretty much wraps up just the head installation on this particular
engine.
Speaking of that, if you want to see it taken all the way down and rebuilt, why don't you
continue watching our videos and we'll show you how to do that.
If you need any of the parts that we used, why don't you find us at partzilla.com and
we can get you taken care of.
If you have an questions or comments, leave them in the section below and I'll do my best
to answer them.
and until next time, we just want to say thanks for watching.