Making your own gaskets

[slyone]

I really want to try this so today I went to Harbor Freight and got a 9pc. hollow punch set for $8.00, then I went to Advance Auto and got a sheet of gasket material for $7.00. I'll be using this for at least the bowl and upper thingy gaskets for my VM carbs but I hope I got the right/good stuff? I got FelPro Karropak tan fiber sheet 36"x12"x1/32" for sealing oil, coolant and gasoline. Think it will be the right choice? Thanks!http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web...ial#fragment-1

[hampshirehog]

Don't bother making the top gaskets. 99% of the bikes I have seen have had them missing and nothing bad happens.

Your gasket material will be fine for the bowl gaskets.

[slyone]

Thanks! was interested to here from Nessism too...

[Remington44-77]

You may want to sharpen those punches. A small fine grained Dremal drum sander applied to the inside bore ought to do. Just polish, as your not trying to reshape them.

[Nessism]

I think that material should be fine. I used Felpro rubberized gasket material but can't say it's better than that other stuff.

BTW, a paper hole punch is the perfect size for the screw holes. A hole punch will work too of course.

[slyone]

Yea I was talking to my ole friend yesterday who happened to mention the set at HF...who then pulled out a perfect stator cover gasket he recently made, from his truck He scanned part on home pc, then cut material to printer width and ran it thru his inkjet, then just cut it out!