Installing the head while engine is in the frame

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I remember reading some handy tips, like the rubber bands holding up the push rods, but couldn’t find much by searching. I assume it’s going to be just as bad, or worse, than removing it.
 
I am at same step as you! I took my head off a couple of months ago and it took its of fussing with the pushrods. I think putting back will be easier because I will be able to know beforehand where in the head to push each rod up to. There are suggestions of rubber bands which is a good idea
Dennis
 
When you put the head on make sure the push rods are inserted into the head as far as possible. Use the rubber bands to hold the rockers down into the push rod cups once you have rocker inserted into the cup. A hook shaped pick works well to pull the push rod into position.
Installing the head while engine is in the frame
 
Have heard, never tried, removing front iso bolt to let engine pivot downard gives you a touch more clearance for head fitment. I managed head r&r before i heard of that trick. Used the rubber bands but a bit fall in a tunnel when cutting them off later...got it out with a vacuum cleaner and small pipe.
Used a long thing screw driver and flash light to get rods correctly seated in rockers.
 
As already said, get the push rods touching the roof of the head and retain with elastic bands.
Don't seat them onto the rockers and it's fairly straightforward
 
Good to hear. Did you use any sealant on head gasket around the pushrod tunnels or around the small the oil drain hole from head into cylinders? I am think of using Hylomar but that's a couple of weeks away
Dennis
 
In life, everything has to do with mindset. Thinking something is impossible, makes it impossible. All we ever need to do is start at the beginning and work to the end - look where you are going, not where you have been. Inanimate objects do not have brains, but old British motorcycles are full of fiddly stuff. When you build a race motorcycle out of parts, considerations of accessibility are not usually a priority. Japanese motorcycles are usually much easier to work on. But British motorcycles are easier to re-engineer,
 
I read a tip on retaining the pushrods with strips of cloth wrapped around, about an inch wide, leave the tail end hanging where its easy to grab and remove, worked a treat
 

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