Ducati Cylinder Head strip 2003 750 SSie Teardown of a 2 Valve head

Hi Everyone, This is the first of a series of 3 videos looking at 2 different versions of the Ducati 2 Valve cylinder head, this video sees me stripping down the 2003 Ducati 750 SSie heads from the engine I am rebuilding.
This type of head is found across many models in the Ducati range from the Monsters, ST2 and Multistrada to Supersport in various versions and capacities.
In the video I complete the following:
- Removal of the covers
- Removal of the camshaft
- Remove the shims
- Remove the intake and exhaust valves
- Remove the opening and closing rockers
- Complete a visual inspection of each head.
During the video I strip/teardown both the horizontal and vertical cylinder heads with some useful tips for those of you who are doing this work yourselves.
In this series the second video will see me also strip a set of Hypermotard 1100 heads and then the final video will see me compare the two different sets of heads and talk through the differences.
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[@rooman7160]

love these vids🙂

[@DesmoWerx]

Thanks for watching 😎

[@Annefesio]

This is worth waiting 🏍️

[@DesmoWerx]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍😎

[@999_pan]

Easy to follow videos again and good angles for seeing the steps, very much appreciated 👍
The tangs on the rocker arms were a god send when they came in - worked on my pantah 600 and having to remove the rocker arms just for shimming up was a royal PITA

[@xyesman5519]

Sounds like bevelheads experience if not mistaken

[@999_pan]

@@xyesman5519 600SL pantah was early belt drive,, although would be nice to work on a bevel

[@kris4362]

Nellie, thanks for that, very informative. Interesting small puller you're using on the head, is it home made or factory. 👍👍😎 (HOKITIKA STH WESTLAND NZ)

[@DesmoWerx]

Hi Kris, its a copy of the factory tool, I think I got mine via Laser tools. There are a few copies available on ebay. 😊

[@xyesman5519]

Nice. If worn valve guides, do you replace them and recut the seats on your own?

[@DesmoWerx]

No, I have the valve guide tools but not the capability to align the valves correctly so would outsource the valve seats to get cut.

[@GGT2501]

Nice video, but where did you get the tools for undoing the nut holding the cam drive pulley on. That went a bit fast.

[@GGT2501]

I made one from a 25 mm hole saw. Ground teeth off and cut slots.

[@DesmoWerx]

I got a replica holding tool and the socket from ebay

[@DXBvik]

Amazing video, im just wondering, as im about to start rebuildingy bike i just bought, with a timing belt that snapet on the vertical cylinder, im hoping that i can do only with head rebuild? What is your advice and sugestions, its a monster 620s 2003

[@kennethsayce8645]

The amount of damage depends on the speed of the engine at the time, if the engine was only at low RPM it may have only bent valves, (don't try and straighten them) but if the engine was at high RPM it would be a major rebuild. I am a toolmaker and Ducati Monster enthusiast, I have done a major rebuild on my M750 and hotted it up with Hi comp pistons, bigger race valves, flat side race carbs, programable ignition it goes very well. So pull the head and see what the damage is, I would be interested to see, by the way I have 3 Ducati Monsters.

[@tommac9119]

Hi Nellie, great content, thanks for taking the trouble to post, are you taking on new customer engine rebuilds and whats your contact details ? Thanks

[@DesmoWerx]

Thanks for watching, I am taking on some limited work, you can reach my via Insta or via the channel details page 😊