Kawasaki Ninja Service Manual: Cylinder Head Installation

NOTE

The camshaft cap is machined with the cylinder head, so if a new cylinder head is installed, use the cap that is supplied with the new head.

• Install the dowel pins.
• Replace the cylinder head gasket with a new one.
• Replace the cylinder head bolt washers with new ones.
• Apply molybdenum disulfide oil solution to both sides [A] of the cylinder head bolt washers and the threads [B] of the head bolts [C].

• Tighten the M10 cylinder head bolts as shown sequence [1 ∼ 10] in the figure.

Torque - Cylinder Head Bolts (M10): First: 20 N·m (2.0 kgf·m, 15 ft·lb) Final: 45 N·m (4.6 kgf·m, 33 ft·lb)

• Tighten the M6 cylinder head bolts as shown sequence [11, 12] in the figure.

Torque - Cylinder Head Bolts (M6): 12 N·m (1.2 kgf·m, 106 in·lb)

• Install: Dowel Pin [A] Rear Camshaft Chain Guide [B] Front Camshaft Chain Guide [C] New O-ring [D] Collar [E]
• Tighten:

Torque - Front Camshaft Chain Guide Bolt (Upper) [F]: 25 N·m (2.5 kgf·m, 18 ft·lb) Front Camshaft Chain Guide Bolt (Lower) [G]: 12 N·m (1.2 kgf·m, 106 in·lb)

• Install the removed parts (see appropriate chapters).