Copper washers always feel like something is stripping to me. Hollow aluminum banjo fittings with two copper washer and a hollow steel bolt going into aluminum...ANY TIME a bolt starts to turn with LESS force needed, STOP.
Or grant him the courage and discipline to not fix what ain't broken, whichever is more efficacious.OH Great and wonderful Wizard of XS!!! grant this pilgrim that has come so far the courage and wisdom to do the #%%#@$^$^ headstud retorque. grin.
What are the symptoms of the bolts being loose? It did have a very slight seep before, but that isn't leaking now.
First of all, what he described isn't head gasket leaking.Wus thinking about this
XJWMX "The head gasket will someday start leaking, and you will never know if the re-torquing staved it off awhile, or if the re-torquing caused it, I think it's possible most head gaskets in this community start leaking because of all the re-torquing ruining the gasket.
So XJWMX: Has doing head stud retorque ever caused a bike you were working on to START leaking? Have you done one? Is your head gasket leaking? Any I retorqued and caused a leak threads you can point us at?
Yes eventually head gaskets leak. rings wear out, etc.
When you re-Torqued your head bolts, did you, Do them one at a time and loosen THEN re-Torque, or did you loosen ALL of them then Re-Torque?First of all, what he described isn't head gasket leaking.
Yes I have seen re-torquing cause a head gasket leak. In fact, mine. There was no leak, but oil consumption was high and on the off chance that it was leaking from the tunnel into a cylinder I re-torqued the head. Immediately and from then on there was a pretty severe leak visible on the left side. Also I have seen member's bikes that were leaking and I have no doubt they were re-torqued. Did it cause it? Neither of us knows.
Ok, I had to rebuild by engine 1000 mi. ago because of a problem with the crank. Putting it back together, I torqued the head nuts. Next day I torqued it again after putting in in the frame. I have no doubt whatsoever if I checked the torque now it would be a little low. It is NOT leaking. Not only that, I used no sealer on the gasket contrary to conventional wisdom of this site. The reason for that was a quote somewhere that went "Don't use sealer. I don't care if the guy who tells you to use it says he rode with Che Guevara in South America." How could you not try that advice I'm relating my experience -- I have no reason to get on here and talk crap...