Rockers off for head removal?

mok4200 · Aug 24, 2017

As the title states, do I need to remove the rocker arms to remove/install the head? Just changed my head gasket then someone said "You need to remove your rocker arms and retighten in sequence", any truth to this?

dudeman2009 · Aug 25, 2017

mok4200 said:
As the title states, do I need to remove the rocker arms to remove/install the head? Just changed my head gasket then someone said "You need to remove your rocker arms and retighten in sequence", any truth to this?

Yes and no, you should to avoid potentially bending the pushrods when you lift the heads, but if you're replacing them I wouldn't bother, save it all for the bench.

yoda · Aug 25, 2017

Yes, remove the rocker arms.
How would you reinstall the head with the rocker arms installed on the head? you would need 6 hands to line up all the pushrods

dudeman2009 · Aug 29, 2017

yoda said:
Yes, remove the rocker arms.
How would you reinstall the head with the rocker arms installed on the head? you would need 6 hands to line up all the pushrods

He said remove, you must take them off to reinstall, but you dont NEED to in order to remove, its just a smart thing to do.

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