So I think i ruined my head!!!

[B-Boy DuB-L]

So i was replacing my head gasket and when it came time to torque the bolt circled in red i had a brain fart and over torqued it. I read the FSM in Newtons by accident and now the bolt is relatively easy to turn. What do you guys think; I need a new head or just need a new bolt????????

[VirginiaPS13]

I cant really see where it would damage the head. Does that bolt thread into the gear? if so maybe you could just replace the gear and the bolt?

[Firewind]

Your heads aluminum, your bolt is steel... So yeah, I seriously doubt that you wrecked the bolt, but rather the head is now damaged. You could see if a shop could fix it... but I dunno... Heli-coil that big on high stress area may not work. But ask the experts at a shop.

But yeah, take out the bolt first so you know what you're dealing with exactly.

[phleb]

Congratulations! You did the same exact thing that happened to me when I replaced my head gasket. I just heli-coiled it, but the thread pitch/size is a really off the wall one. It's going to be hard to find. And I know whenever I found mine it ended up costing around $75, so prepare for it to be expensive.

All things considered though it did fix the problem, and I never had any touble with it coming out or breaking. And it beats having to buy a new head. Although I will say that since that happened, I would be hesitant to swap that head over to any other motor. So once that head is on, don't plan on taking it off without planning on a different head.

Sorry if any of that is hard to read btw. I just woke up, haha.

[B-Boy DuB-L]

nah its easy to understand.. Yea i think im going to helicoil it