Cylinder Head: Installation

Clean mating surfaces of cylinder head and crankcase so that they are free of oil, grease and dirt.
NOTE: Apply head gasket sealant Three Bond 1201 or Dow Corning 92-024 to both sides of new cylinder head gasket. Install gasket quickly after applying sealant.
Before installing cylinder heads, coat all nut and bolt threads with oil. Reverse removal procedure, tightening nuts and bolts in 3 successive steps. See TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS table.
After tightening all the cylinder head nuts and bolts, retighten the center nut (No. 1) to ensure it is correctly torqued.

Fig 1: Cylinder Head Tightening Sequence

NOTE: Tighten all bolts to 47 ft. lbs. (64 N.m).