NEED 1995 3UY Head or Cross Reference to alternate

[xtphreak]

Hi All

Been busily putting miles on my Tigger, but now I am getting back into my old XT.

I need a head for my 1995 3UY, the top motor mount is broken!!

I don't want to swap just the rocker cover as the cam bearing surfaces are machined in the head & cover as a matched set.

Unless I have to, which will mean a trip to a machine shop to line hone to match.

Is there another year's head I can swap?

I only see 80's heads on ebay, never a 90's.

Any help is better than none, thanks

[ssbon]

hi if the rest of the head is good why cant you have the piece welded back on? or build up with weld and machine to size? got to be a better way (and should be way cheaper) as a head with a known history is always the best option ,hope this helps steve

[ssbon]

hi again can you post some pics of the damage? if you go down the welding route I would bolt the rocker cover and head together to stop the cover warping with the heat of the welding hope this helps steve

[Jens Eskildsen]

Wow, how did this happen?

+1 on trying to get it welded back together.

[xtphreak]

Hi guys

Welding was my first thought, I hate to admit it, but the head was broken when I bought the bike back in 2000!

The frame was discovered to be bent almost as soon as I got home with the bike (after a 900 mile drive to get it).

The broken motor mount was discovered as I moved everything to a 1990 frame I had shipped to me.

I have a good welder available, he specializes in exotic bike work, like squeezing a 600 Grizzly 4 wheeler motor into a Yamaha TRZ250 because the owner wanted to race in a 4 stroke class, rewelding the heads on the TRZ and machining them back to shape

Anyway, he TIG welded the right cylinder head motor mount back on my Tiger after I hit a deer in 2010 and had to swap frames (common theme for me??)

I just thought that if I could buy a complete head assy, I could replace it myself at leisure. This way involves scheduling during my off time etc etc.

As to pics, well you see I'm currently in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska at work and my thumper is at home in the North Carolina mountains about 4500 miles away.

I tend to think of things I need to buy while I'm up here so I can put my off time to best use.
Optimization of Free Time.

Besides it gives me something to do in my off hours up here.

I guess I'll call Ed when I get home.

thanks guys

[jjrider]

I'm 99% sure the '84-'89 heads will fit on your bike. It's the bottom that changes because of adding electric start(longer crank, starter mount boss on right case, starter idler gear shaft boss on left case, starter gears and room for one-way bearing in alternator cover. The rest is the same, so if you find a good set(head and rockers/cover) you can go that route.