Replacing Head Cover Gasket!!??

[GS Paul]

Hey all.
First of all...
I am floored and blown away at the loss of Adidasguy. He helped me many times last year (my first year as a rider and on this forum as well)
I would have looked forward to his response...
My question being...
How difficult is it to replace the Head Cover Gasket? I think I have a leak. (11173-01 D00 is the part number I believe)
Has anyone done it or know how?
Thanks for any and all responses!
Paul


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[Big Rich]

Just the head cover gasket and not the head gasket? Easy as pie.

The gasket has a little groove that fits into the head cover around the entire perimeter - keeping that groove in place while installing is probably the only tricky part.

[Funderb]

I had a seep in mine, front left corner of the engine. I re-seated and re-torqued the thing a billion times. kept seeping.

What DID work? I found in the depths of this forum a post about the same problem, cured by adding some gasket compound to the groove the rubber bit fits into on the cover side.

First clean all the oil out of groove in the valve cover where the gasket goes. then do this:
I got a can of the aerosol sprayable copper silicone stuff from the auto parts store, and carefully sprayed inside that groove with it. (mask off overspray with blue tape if you want, it helps) wait a few minutes and carefully re-seat the gasket into its groove without sliding it around a lot. Never leaked again.
Way cheaper than a $35 rubber thingy. and I used the copper spray stuff when I rebuilt the engine. and a few more engines on other bikes.

oh- another point, don't clean the rubber seal with solvent, it might hurt it. just wipe it with a rag and re-oil when you put the cover back on.

[GS Paul]

Thanks Big Rich and Funderb (great info) ...I think I'll pick up that copper spray even if I change the gasket. Great idea.
Cheers

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