gasket maker for my exhaust... will it work??

[jkstyle834]

yea... i had no gasket when i was putting the v&h exhaust.... so i went to autozone and bought a gasket maker... it's suppose to withstand temp up to 650 degrees... but will this work??? or sould i go to suzuki and order parts??

[JamesG]

Since combustion exhaust reaches temperatures over 1500 degrees, I think not. Besides that, the headers are subjected to high pressure pulses that any kind of goop isn't going to survive long.

Go get a set of exhaust gaskets they are only a couple of bucks. I usually use a dab of VHT RTV (Very High Temp Room Temp curing Rubber) to hold them in place. But don't try to use a glob of it as a gasket.

[500rider]

Yeah ... what he said.  Exhaust gaskets are cheap.  They are also metal ... for a reason.

Rob

[jkstyle834]

yea... it just turned into a gunk.... so i put the stock exhaust back on and melted it... burned the gunk out... gasket comming on wednesday... sucks... nobody has oem parts for gs500... they always have to order it...