Warning
To prevent oil leaks past the contact area between cylinders and crankcase, each time the head is removed, cylinder and piston must be removed as well to clean the mating faces of crankcase and cylinder and restore the spoiled gaskets and o-rings and apply again liquid sealant (sect. 9 - 5, Refitting the cylinder/piston assembly).
Before fitting the head, check that the seal is fitted on the mating surface between head and cylinder (sect. 9 - 5, Refitting the cylinder/piston assembly).
Note
When fitting the gasket, side (e) with the stamped code must be in contact with the cylinder head.
Lower the cylinder head carefully over the studs. Take care not to damage the threads.
Fit the special washers (22) and nuts (21) onto the cylinder head studs.
Tighten the nuts (21) on the stud bolts evenly and gradually in a crosswise pattern using tool 88713.2676 In conjunction with a torque wrench.
Temporary tighten the nuts (21) to a torque of 20 nm; pre-tightening to a torque of 40 nm (min. 38 Nm - max. 48 Nm); one tightening to a torque of 60 nm (min. 57 Nm - max. 63 Nm) (sect. 3 - 3, Engine torque settings).
Removal of the engine
In order to remove engine you must first remove a series of other components
from the motorcycle.
Most of these removal procedures are described in the relative sections of this
manual.
The following flow chart illustrates the logical sequence in which the parts are
to be removed from th ...
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Removal of the gearbox assembly
Withdraw the selector fork shafts (30).
Move the forks (28) and (29) to disengage them from the slots in the selector
drum (14).
Withdraw the selector drum (16) taking care not to lose shims (31) and (27)
mounted on the shaft. Note that the
positions of the shims must not be inverte ...