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    New OEM head gasket arrived - BENT ! please look at pics - keep or return ?

    should I get upset, or will the gasket be "fine" once the head bolts are tight?
    it even has a wiggle in front of the cam tunnel.
    and as I post this I see that the front / middle bolt holes have been tweeked a little - looks like the layers got pulled apart.







    1980 GS1000G - The Beast - GOING... GOING... yup, it's gone. I'm bikeless !!! GAaaahh !!!
    1978 KZ1000C1 Police - GONE !
    1983 GPZ750, aka ZX750A1 - restored, fresh paint... Gave it back, it was a loaner !!!
    Check My Albums for some of the 30+ headaches I've dealt with

    I know -JUST- enough to make me REALLY dangerous !


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    No worry. That's a MLS head gasket made of very thin layers of steel. It will flatten out under torque.

    BTW, the Kawasaki guys fill up the square O-ring groove with RTV on gaskets that cover the groove. Not sure if it's necessary but couldn't hurt (I think).
    Ed

    To measure is to know.

    Mikuni O-ring Kits For Sale...https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...ts#post1703182

    Top Newbie Mistakes thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=171846

    Carb rebuild tutorial...https://gsarchive.bwringer.com/mtsac...d_Tutorial.pdf

    KZ750E Rebuild Thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...0-Resurrection

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      #3
      Thanks. The bike had a similar gasket on it, And the groove was filled with black RTV.
      1980 GS1000G - The Beast - GOING... GOING... yup, it's gone. I'm bikeless !!! GAaaahh !!!
      1978 KZ1000C1 Police - GONE !
      1983 GPZ750, aka ZX750A1 - restored, fresh paint... Gave it back, it was a loaner !!!
      Check My Albums for some of the 30+ headaches I've dealt with

      I know -JUST- enough to make me REALLY dangerous !


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        #4
        Don't forget to use anti seize on the head nuts and torque them again after some break in miles.
        Ed

        To measure is to know.

        Mikuni O-ring Kits For Sale...https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...ts#post1703182

        Top Newbie Mistakes thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=171846

        Carb rebuild tutorial...https://gsarchive.bwringer.com/mtsac...d_Tutorial.pdf

        KZ750E Rebuild Thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...0-Resurrection

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          #5
          Bought some o-rings from Partszilla on Wed.
          They sent me an email on Friday :" we plan to ship your parts on monday." ... What the BLEEP ??? 5 days to get them into the mail ? NEVER AGAIN !
          Last edited by exdirtbiker; 10-25-2015, 08:54 AM.
          1980 GS1000G - The Beast - GOING... GOING... yup, it's gone. I'm bikeless !!! GAaaahh !!!
          1978 KZ1000C1 Police - GONE !
          1983 GPZ750, aka ZX750A1 - restored, fresh paint... Gave it back, it was a loaner !!!
          Check My Albums for some of the 30+ headaches I've dealt with

          I know -JUST- enough to make me REALLY dangerous !


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            #6
            Originally posted by exdirtbiker View Post
            Bought some o-rings from Partszilla on Wed.
            They sent me an email on Friday :" we plan to ship your parts on monday." ... What the BLEEP ??? 5 days to get them in the mail ? NEVER AGAIN !
            Oh stop it, be glad you could even get them, besides that's fairly normal time from a dealer. I've had to wait up to 3 sometimes 4 weeks to get parts I needed.
            Last edited by mrbill5491; 10-23-2015, 04:37 PM.
            sigpicMrBill Been a GSR member on and off since April 2002
            1980 GS 750E Bought new in Feb of 1980
            2015 CAN AM RTS


            Stuff I've done to my bike:dancing: 1100E front end with new Sonic springs, 1100E swing arm conversion with new Progressive shocks installed, 530 sprockets/chain conversion, new SS brake lines, new brake pads. New SS fasteners through out. Rebuilt carbs, new EBC clutch springs and horn installed. New paint. Motor runs strong.

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              #7
              Originally posted by exdirtbiker View Post
              Bought some o-rings from Partszilla on Wed.
              They sent me an email on Friday :" we plan to ship your parts on monday." ... What the BLEEP ??? 5 days to get them in the mail ? NEVER AGAIN !
              Remember, Partzilla is not a warehouse. They source their parts from warehouses, and pull together your order to be shipped out together as one unit. This would take a couple of days to put together an order.

              As Mr Bill says, sometimes it take me a month to get parts in going through my local dealer.
              '83 GS650G
              '83 GS550es (didn't like the colours in the 80's, but they've grown on me)

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                #8
                Weird, i use partzilla for a lot of my stuff and i usually get it in 3-4 days, and they are on the other side of the country

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