Installing The Cylinder Head - KTM 350 EXC-F EU Repair Manual

18 ENGINE

18.5.23 Installing the cylinder head

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Insert the special tool and press it forcefully to the piston.
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Turn the special tool clockwise, thereby pushing the piston pin retainer into the
groove.
Insertion for piston ring lock (77229030000) (
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Ensure that the piston pin retainer is seated properly on both sides.
302807-10
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Remove the cloth.
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Keep the timing chain taut. Push the cylinder down carefully and let the dowel pins
engage.
308599-11
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Position cylinder head gasket
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Ensure that the dowels are seated properly.
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Put the cylinder head in place.
308598-11
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Mount nut
Guideline
Nut, cylinder head
308597-10
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with the washers and tighten in a crisscross pattern.
M10x1.25
p. 347)
Tightening Thread, oiled with
sequence: engine oil/cone
greased
Tighten diago-
nally.
1st tightening
stage
10 Nm
(7.4 lbf ft)
2nd tighten-
ing stage
30 Nm
(22.1 lbf ft)
3rd tightening
stage
50 Nm
(36.9 lbf ft)
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