[damo]

I am doing George's (my enfield) first engine de-coke and I haven't been able to find the specs for re-tensioning the head.   Can anyone offer any help or suggestions?

[c1skout]

   my Snidal manual says to finish with about 25ft/lbs.... then goes on to suggest being  careful to not break or strip a stud by applying too much torque, which could very well be less than the specified amount. I guess if the nuts are "feeling strange" when you're tightening them you'd be better off stopping there, even if you haven't yet reached the specified torque value.

[Foggy_Auggie]

Tighten in increments and a "X" pattern.  Nuts opposite from each other. 

If the torque wrench seems to "release" when reaching maximum 23-25 ft/lbs - the long studs are stretching.  This shouldn't happen but if it does best to order the better ones from CMW.

[damo]

Thanks very much guys!   Thats what I needed to know.  We'll see how it goes.

[erob123]

I've seen this and used from a previous post
Torqued 6 cylinder head nuts (12mm) to 24 ft/lbs:
o   Front left (ex)
o   Right rear (in)
o   Left rear (in)
o   Front right (ex)
o   Left center (near spark plug)
o   Right center (behind oil lines)