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Got a Vesrah valve cover gasket (from Z1) for '80 GS1000; one side is sort of shiny/coated and other side dull/uncoated. Question is: which side faces valve cover?... or does it matter? Thanks in advance!
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Frank, just Gasgacinch glue it to the valve cover & put a LIGHT film of grease on the head mating surface & install it. You may get one or two uses out of it but if you did the same to a STOCK Suzuki gasket it would go on & off 4 or 5 times, at LEAST! Ray. -
Thanks for the info, Ray. Next time I'll step up and order Suzuki gaskets.
Don't suppose Three Bond would sub for Gasgacinch, eh?Comment
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Don't use their pear shaped oil passage orings on the base...it'll end up leaking eventually if not rather quickly. I think that you can order those seperately OEM. Whatever they make the vesrah ones with doesn't do well with the heat or oil or both? They swell, push out of place and then leak...Originally posted by Frank Z. View Post
Vesrah I have personally used and they've done ok minus those rubber bits.
Athena gaskets, the one kit I bought, went into the garbage shortly after it arrived when it became clear their QC is none existent. The stud holes in the base and head gaskets were all over the place and the gaskets simply wanted to buckle because of it...absolute $140 junk...Comment
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He's asking about a VALVE COVER gasket Josh. And no on the Threebond Frank. Ray.Comment
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Not to thread jack........ But am I to understand that other than the o rings the vesera gaskets are ok for a base and head gasket......on a stock engine of coarseComment
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Oh. Missed that. My bad!Originally posted by rapidray View Post
Still...don't use em
And sk8 if your bike is the 80 chain drive 1100L, dont think it uses those orings..
Only the 8v bikes iirc.Comment
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If you are smart & want to save money by only having to do the job ONCE, you will use STOCK Suzuki gaskets. Ray.Originally posted by sk843143 View PostComment
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Lol....yes that's what ifigged ray......buget was just tight and well ya know lol.....Comment
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He spoekth the gospel...and this is the word of the Ray.Originally posted by rapidray View Post
On this, we shall always agree..Comment
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Amen, brothers. First round with Vesrah gasket leaketh like a sieve. Thy shalt try again with Gasgacinch to oust thine oozing demon. Let us pray.Originally posted by TheCafeKid View Post
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"Thine OOZING demon" sounds really painful to me.MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550
NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.
I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.Comment
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They work good if you cake them with silicone.
1983 GS 1100E w/ 1230 kit, .340 lift Web Cams, Ape heavy duty valve springs, 83 1100 head with 1.5mm oversized SS intake valves, 1150 crank, Vance and Hines 1150 SuperHub, Star Racing high volume oil pump gears, 36mm carebs Dynojet stage 3 jet kit, Posplayr's SSPB, Progressive rear shocks and fork springs, Dyna 2000, Dynatek green coils and Vance & Hines 4-1 exhaust.
1985 GS1150ES stock with 85 Red E bodywork.
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Cake with silicon... man that just sounds nasty. Just ordered NOS Suzuki gasket. Done.Originally posted by chef1366 View PostThey work good if you cake them with silicone.
Chuck, what's painful is lacking the foresight to buy proper parts, and/or assuming i have the right stuff only to find out that i need more stuff to kinda make it right... or something like that.Originally posted by chuck hahn View Post
Live and learn folks.Comment
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