Cylinder Head Removal - Drop the Motor?

[Dirk_S]

I assume I don’t need to remove the motor in order to take the heads off, but I’m having difficulty fitting a socket over the center stud nut at the top. Do I perhaps need to remove the tank to get an open end wrench onto it?

[pete roper]

Take the tank off or it's bound to get scratched. Makes everything much easier anyway. Unless it's changed, which I doubt, the top nut is a 12mm one so make sure you're using the correct size socket but any decent, thin wall socket should do the trick.

Pete