Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
BASE GASKET BLOW OUT
don46:
--- Quote from: BDI on September 24, 2007, 09:32:14 AM ---Maybe I'm crazy but anything that works better and makes my life easier, Im all about It. A gasket that doe's not need to be glued In place and never blows out and comes off cleen when your done with It. How could you not want that :?
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What he said! cleaning and scraping leads to the potential of scratching the surface causing further possibilities of a leak. Cometic all the way. and if you need special gaskets they will oblidge you.
Mhardee:
--- Quote from: don46 on September 24, 2007, 09:43:28 AM ---
--- Quote from: BDI on September 24, 2007, 09:32:14 AM ---Maybe I'm crazy but anything that works better and makes my life easier, Im all about It. A gasket that doe's not need to be glued In place and never blows out and comes off cleen when your done with It. How could you not want that :?
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What he said! cleaning and scraping leads to the potential of scratching the surface causing further possibilities of a leak. Cometic all the way. and if you need special gaskets they will oblidge you.
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I will quote something my father beat into my head when he was "teaching me" mechanics...
"NO GASKET is better than a gasket and a half"..
Make sure the surfaces are clean and free of any old gasket material and a thin silicone rubber coat never hurts. Remember, there's only 4 bolts to tighten AND it's aluminum - careful, slowly and methodically tighten..
The voice of experience IS talking... :-)
BDI:
--- Quote from: Mhardee on September 24, 2007, 01:22:11 PM ---
--- Quote from: don46 on September 24, 2007, 09:43:28 AM ---
--- Quote from: BDI on September 24, 2007, 09:32:14 AM ---Maybe I'm crazy but anything that works better and makes my life easier, Im all about It. A gasket that doe's not need to be glued In place and never blows out and comes off cleen when your done with It. How could you not want that :?
--- End quote ---
What he said! cleaning and scraping leads to the potential of scratching the surface causing further possibilities of a leak. Cometic all the way. and if you need special gaskets they will oblidge you.
--- End quote ---
I will quote something my father beat into my head when he was "teaching me" mechanics...
"NO GASKET is better than a gasket and a half"..
Make sure the surfaces are clean and free of any old gasket material and a thin silicone rubber coat never hurts. Remember, there's only 4 bolts to tighten AND it's aluminum - careful, slowly and methodically tighten..
The voice of experience IS talking... :-)
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The gaskets that I'm referring to are rubber coated metal gaskets that do not require any goop to make them seal or stay put. The gasket surface is always clean because they don't stick. They are modern day gasket technoligy. I first used them In 98, It was the first time I ever used them. I was skeptical at first now I will use nothing else they are the next best thing to having every thing on your bike O-ringed. It makes working on my bike a pleasure and nothing on my bike leaks. you would probably have to use them for a few years on a bunch of different bikes like I have to truly appreciate them. :-D
monster malibu:
I still don't know if the Cometic gasket#c7045 will work on my bike or not. My bike is a 87 kx500 with the stock bore (86mm) and the gasket Cometic lists for it is a 88mm bore gasket. Will this gasket work?
gowen:
The head gasket will not work, but the base gasket should.
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