the head bolts on a S&S sh 93 are impossible to get too once the engine is mounted
so if you order one torque the head bolts before mounting, the crate shipping loosen them
may have to take the whole engine off to tighten them

 

You should be able to get to he head bolts easily. Now the rocker box nuts may be a different story. And how did shipping loosen the bolts?

 

you're right it's the rocker box nuts that's a pin in the *** they throw oil on the exhaust, and they smoke like hell

 

well, I figure the shipping may have caused it, in some cases shipping can cause stuff to loosen up

 

you know i been thinking I've been riding this S&S for four years no the shipping didn't loosen the rocker box bolts, I maybe able to order some thin box end wrenches and tightened them gonna try that

 

You will in the end - remove the cylinder heads and then replace the rocker box gaskets - dont re use the paper type - get the cometic foam over a thin alloy center

pulling them down even more will warp the top rocker boxes or even strip the thread or even brake off the stud in the head

that will add even more issues its a simple oil leak you now have - no its not easy to fix - but its what happens - the same day it started you might have had a chance of a wrench working but not 4 years later

 

well can you remove the rocker boxes without taking the whole engine out please say yhes

 

Where there is a will... There is probably a way.
I cannot but... One can pull the heads, certainly with engine in chassis, then address the Rockers... Like John said.

 

We would just do a top end over haul while its apart as its going to be around the next corner it will need something as you have no idea how worn it actually is

so plan on doing just that - and in the end you wont be sorry - and race said - the top end comes off in the frame

 

well, I came up with idea to use a screwdriver and a hammer to tighten the rocker box nuts and for now no leaks, but thanks for the advice I may have escaped a disaster for real