Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
Stator Cover Gasket ?
Friar-Tuck:
Ditto on gasket "accsessories",
I got a 3'x3' sheet from napa for about $6.00 [I can't find the link to making your own gaskets so I am still
working on my technic. :oops:]
Keeping a factory gasket as a master I trace and cut on a soft wood. (pine etc)
small curved scissors (usually found in the ladies makeup and nail stuff )
and a sharp exacto knife (hobby razor knife)
a paper single hole punch gets alot of the case bolt holes.
There are specific tools made to punch larger holes that look like leather punches but I haven't got any-- yet.
I've been thinning permatex antisieze with a little ATF to get a consistancy like paint for about two years and it works great for me. I "borrowed" a few of those small paint brushes from my daughters pencil box and went to work. [The stuff is almost like a dogone sharpie if it gets anywhere you dont want it.]
Heck I've put it on electricle connections where I could and have not had any corosion, and its got lots of nickle in it (great conductor).
I'm thinking of mixing it with grease (5-10% for those bugger swingarm bolts)
Rant over...
Tuck \o/
KXcam22:
FT,
Good explanation of gasket making!! That is exactly how I do it. I also have a leather punching plier I got at a 2nd had store for a buck. It resembles a pair of pliers with a star wheel on the end. The wheel contains a number of different hole punch sizes. Almost any size of tubing works as a hole punch too. Kind of off topic but anti-seize and grease mixed 50/50 is pretty std to use on linkage bearings. Cam.
Friar-Tuck:
Apologies for thread drift... sidebar =)
Cam:
"..leather punching plier" -- Now I know what to look for!
"Almost any size of tubing works as a hole punch too." --- The beauty of simplicity-- wish I thought of that..
"50/50 is pretty std to use on linkage bearings" --- Will do next service.
Back to our regularly schedualed topic..
Gasket saving techniqe's
Tuck \o/
gil2264:
When I bought my XR650r, The mechanic said to use a 50/50 mix of Marine Grease and Moly paste for the swing arm bearings. Any idea how that would compare with Antiseize and grease?
maddoggy:
moly is used as a very high pressure application lubricant. marine grease is specialy formulated to withstand water contact for long periods of time with zero lubricity or formula breakdown. not sure where you'd get your hands on pure moly to blend with. it would be very expensive if you do find it. I use very high end greases and use them liberally. you can wipe off a mess easier than replacing worn parts. hope that helps. MADDOGGY
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