ada question

[cattledog]

my girlded bolts on my 760 cyl dont go far enough into cyl dont want to tighten stud anymore just in case i break something, when i put head on the studs are sticking to far from head the acorn nuts cant tighten head

 

[bach6177]

my girlded bolts on my 760 cyl dont go far enough into cyl dont want to tighten stud anymore just in case i break something, when i put head on the studs are sticking to far from head the acorn nuts cant tighten head

Had the same problem with mine. Had to clean the threads out with a tap and use two nuts on the girdle bolts to screw them in

 

[Freakrider]

Wondering if you installed studs upside down ? Acorns have a washer under them too.

 

[Ducky]

Wondering if you installed studs upside down ? Acorns have a washer under them too.

Agreed. I've done this before with the studs installed upside down.

 

[cattledog]

i tried both ways same thing

 

[Fro Diesel]

I always had trouble with the ada bolts. Even after running a tap to clean up the holes, they like to get stuck. Bought a snap on special tool to remove and install studs, still had problems.

Its always one front corner stud that doesnt go in all the way.

From now on, i use the two part type from blowsion. Its worth the extra coin to know your cyl is secure when removing head. And i am over the whole kawi spikes and chain wallet style acorn nuts poor design that ada sells. ADA makes great headshells, domes, couplers and other goods.

 

[Freakrider]

i tried both ways same thing

Long threaded side of stud needs to bottom out carefully into case using two jam nuts with clean case threads.
Has this cylinder had the base milled down to improve port timing?
Show us a pic of how much threads remain above head and you are using washers right ?

 

[cattledog]

took out all the studs used 1,25 tap from a heli coil set that i had thank god for that and now the world is fine a again and how about the oversize outside o ring that comes wrapped in a small package that the oring now has many bends in it making it harder to stay in head groove

 

[bach6177]

took out all the studs used 1,25 tap from a heli coil set that i had thank god for that and now the world is fine a again and how about the oversize outside o ring that comes wrapped in a small package that the oring now has many bends in it making it harder to stay in head groove

I use assembly Grease , helps keep the O-ring in the groove. I would rather do an ADA O-ring it's a little too big and the DASA one I just did it was way too small.

 

[Lumpy]

Put some grease in the groove on your head shell. That'll make the o ring stick.

 

[Vortex]

my girlded bolts on my 760 cyl dont go far enough into cyl dont want to tighten stud anymore just in case i break something, when i put head on the studs are sticking to far from head the acorn nuts cant tighten head

To clarify are the studs too long or too short? You say they don't thread on far enough and also that they are sticking out too far from the head, which is it?

 

[bach6177]

To clarify are the studs too long or too short? You say they don't thread on far enough and also that they are sticking out too far from the head, which is it?

I believe he resolved the issue if you read through

 

[augustaf]

took out all the studs used 1,25 tap from a heli coil set that i had thank god for that and now the world is fine a again and how about the oversize outside o ring that comes wrapped in a small package that the oring now has many bends in it making it harder to stay in head groove

Good thinking! The 8mm x 1.25 STI tap from a Helicoil set is only 0.2mm smaller than the proper 10-1.25 tap, but will work just fine for this thread chasing