Cylinder head removal

[barnavit]

I've got the Chilton's book and it was no help. I looked in the archives on this site and found nothing. I just want to know how the heck to get the upper timing chain and cylinder head off of my ka24de. Do I have to remove the cams to get the head off or do I just need to perform some crazy contorsionist routine to get the hex bolts out?

[S13DrIfTmEkAnIcS]

ha, well you have to take the cam gears off (a socket on the obvious bolt on the cam, and a wrench on the cam where it has a bolt-looking part on the shaft) take off the cam guides off in a certain order (its in the maual u bought) take the cams out carefully!!! then get to the hex bolts, take them out in a certain order specified also. then take the timing gear on the head off and pull the head off. oh there are some grounds to take off before u start all this. and DO NOT tip the head on its side or upside down. all those lifter buckets will fall out and ur gonna be pissed. good luck

[paulie240sxr]

ha, well you have to take the cam gears off (a socket on the obvious bolt on the cam, and a wrench on the cam where it has a bolt-looking part on the shaft) take off the cam guides off in a certain order (its in the maual u bought) take the cams out carefully!!! then get to the hex bolts, take them out in a certain order specified also. then take the timing gear on the head off and pull the head off. oh there are some grounds to take off before u start all this. and DO NOT tip the head on its side or upside down. all those lifter buckets will fall out and ur gonna be pissed. good luck

hey i got a question do those lifter buckets have to go in a certain order see im building my extra head and the dumb people before i got it lost some of them so i was just curious

[Ligouri Rd]

hey i got a question do those lifter buckets have to go in a certain order see im building my extra head and the dumb people before i got it lost some of them so i was just curious

The buckets themselves should be the same everywhere. However, on top of each lifter bucket is a shim to adjust the lifter with respect to the cam. May have to go through all the shims to get the valve clearance back into spec.

[paulie240sxr]

The buckets themselves should be the same everywhere. However, on top of each lifter bucket is a shim to adjust the lifter with respect to the cam. May have to go through all the shims to get the valve clearance back into spec.

thanks for the info i needed it