Rebuilding me Force .26

[SpitFireV12RR]

Hey dudes...I tore my Fore .26 apart the other day to clean it out and lube it up. I have everything together and all, looks brand new. I have two questions reguarding the head/top plate. Before I put the plate on, it is to my understanding that I'm supposed to put a small bead of silicone around the case thing. Is this true? The second is when I put the the cooling head on, should I threadlock the bolts? Is it safe to do so?

Just some minor, newbie questions.

Thanks,
Todd

 

[vbgagnon]

Don't put rtv on the head, make sure you have the shims that were on the head, and put them back on. I don't threadlock the head bolts, I never had a problem with them comming out.

You want to put rtv at the base of the carb, and on the backplate, nowhere else.

 

[digger]

Very little rtv.
Thought I should say that since you are new. Some people want to gob in on. A little bit will do.