Thanks for any sage advice.
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koolaid_kid
No Permatex, that stuff is BAD for your valve cover gasket.
I would use Purple Loctite. If you don't have Purple then Blue will do.
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1_v8_merc
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dr_fosg8
You could see if they make a real gasket for your bike. They are made of silicone Hawley material, reusable too.
Realgasket.com
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smokydog
Ultra Black
I used a brand new gasket dry, still leaked, used a new gasket with permatex 2, still leaked, scraped a hour to get that off, new gasket with permatex ultra black, 4,000 miles later still no leaks. Hope you get her plugged up, It sure is a hassle and if mine would have leaked again I was gonna sell her, lol. Whatever you end up doing, I wish you luck.
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Originally posted by dr_fosg8 View PostYou could see if they make a real gasket for your bike. They are made of silicone Hawley material, reusable too.
Realgasket.com— so I could go meet Chuck and the boys at vintage bike show. (Of course, after i had her buttoned up, new Suzuki gasket showed up in the mail.) Anyway, made it the 30 miles up the road... nary a leak. On way back, pushing her a bit hard, and... POW!... my "handiwork" gave up the ghost. Oil everywhere, including me. Just finished boiling rear brake pads. Now, off with the valve cover and on to plan D... or is it E?
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Dude replace the gasket with the new Suzuki one and use some poly grip on each side...LMAO...Just kidding on the poly grip.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.
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