1972 Honda CB450 Cylinder Head Teardown - Part 1

[@oilinmyblood3906]

Brother I see you are not breaking those top bolt in the pattern that's supposed to be used, you take a really good chance of warping that head breaking them without using the bolt breaking pattern, you should be breaking those bolts off in a crisscross pattern but then again it's your motor I'm just giving some advice

[@theeddies]

You are correct, good practice is to remove them the opposite pattern of how they are installed. On this particular engine I knew the head was going to be scrap so it really did not matter. There were stress cracks in a few places which is not something I would ever try to sell, there are plenty of good heads for these around. I think I have 5 sitting on a shelf right now. But generally inside/out staggering sides for tightening and outside/in for loose is good practice. Thanks for watching!