gasket goo

 >On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 00:47:48 -0300, Isaac <isaacSPAMNONE.DeleteThis@robertgoulet.org> wrote:

 >I'm about to split the case on my 83 XR100 to install a new
 >countershaft, and I need to have the bike reassembled and running in
 >about three days. My local parts place can't get a gasket set for at
 >least a week, so I'm wondering if it'd be utterly blasphemous to use
 >that gasket-goo-in-a-tube stuff in place of real Honda gaskets. Will it
 >even work properly? It'd suck to rush it and have to take the whole
 >engine apart again in two weeks to put in real gaskets when the goo
 >stuff fails miserably.
 >
 >Should I just bear it and wait or go ahead an use the gasket goo?
 >
 >Cheers,
 >
 >Isaac


If you skip the gasket, at the very least use Suzuki bond, or the
equivalent product from Yamaha, Yamabond.

The "Goo in a tube" Permatex "Ultra Copper" and "Ultra Black" is good
stuff, but is not a case gasket substitute.


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"Isaac" <isaacSPAMNONE DeleteThis @robertgoulet.org> wrote in message
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 > Should I just bear it and wait or go ahead an use the gasket goo?

Or, make your own gaskets. It shouldn't take more than an hour or
so. Any automotive place will sell sheets of gasket paper in varying
thickness. I'd get the right thickness & coat with permatex silicone
gasket sealer.

If you can get the old gasket off intact, use it to trace onto the new
gasket paper. If it's not intact, lay the cases onto the paper &
trace the outline. For the bolt holes, lay the paper on the cases,
put a steel ball on hole, & tap lightly with a hammer. The sharp
hole edges will cut hole in the paper. Tapping around with a small
ball peen hammer can also cut the inside edges, or eyeball the
width & cut with scissors.

I always carry a couple sheets of gasket paper on extended
riding trips. It has also saved the day with I quickly need a gasket
& can't wait for one.

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On 2004-07-10 01:51:07 -0300, "IRONDOG" <irondog RemoveThis @usol.com> said:

 >
 >
 > "Isaac" wrote : I'm about to split the case..
 > : Should I just bear it and wait or go ahead an use the gasket goo?
 >
 > Wait for the gaskets- the "gasket goo" WILL seal the cases perfectly,
 > however the cases will then be .015"- .020" closer together (gasket
 > thickness) and you will more than likely experience a binding condition in
 > the transmission shafts and crankshaft.
 > Where are you located? You should be able to get a Vesrah complete gasket
 > set for that bike in one day most anyplace in the lower 48 U.S.states.

I'm in Nova Scotia, in Canada. I'll call a few local bike shops and see
if they have any/can get any. Who knows, the dealer might oddly have a
gasket set in stock

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Jeff Deeney wrote:

 >
 > I always carry a couple sheets of gasket paper on extended
 > riding trips. It has also saved the day with I quickly need a gasket
 > & can't wait for one.

And I though I carried enough shit to build a bike from scratch out of old
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"bowman" <bowman DeleteThis @montana.com> wrote in message
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 > Jeff Deeney wrote:
 >
  > >
  > > I always carry a couple sheets of gasket paper on extended
  > > riding trips. It has also saved the day with I quickly need a gasket
  > > & can't wait for one.
 >
 > And I though I carried enough shit to build a bike from scratch out of old
 > trash I find laying around the woods.

I've got two large plastic bins with misc parts & tools that I take
on long trips. The sheets of gasket paper go into a paper grocery
bag on the bottom of the bin.

Remind me to tell you about the time we fabricated a replacement
brake line from a chunk of femoral artery...

Shitty to be stuck inside today doing cleaning & finances. I think
I'll go out for a MTB ride. Do a couple of Dam hills.

-Jeffrey Deeney- ©2004 DoD#0498 NCTR UTMA BRC COHVCO AMA
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Jeff Deeney wrote:
 >
 > I always carry a couple sheets of gasket paper on extended
 > riding trips....

That and a thousand other....nahhh,I'll be nice...I want to come out and
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"Jerry Puckett" <jerry.a.puckett RemoveThis @boeing.deletethis.com> wrote in message
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 > Jeff Deeney wrote:
  > >
  > > I always carry a couple sheets of gasket paper on extended
  > > riding trips....
 >
 > That and a thousand other....nahhh,I'll be nice...I want to come out and
 > ride with ya' yet this year!

Good thing you stopped there Jerry. Don't make me put on
the latex gloves again.

When do you want to ride? I think our club's Taylor Park ride is the
same weekend as ISF. I wouldn't mind doing Taylor in early
September. After our last trip I fashioned a repair kit for brake lines.
Never could get it to work well, so I scrapped it.

-Jeffrey Deeney- ©2004 DoD#0498 NCTR UTMA BRC COHVCO AMA
jldeeney@c om c ast d ot net '99 ATK 260LQ-Stink Wheels '94
XR650L-DreamSickle
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