Ranting a little...
Ugh... I got a new cylinder head cover gasket and other gaskets for the breather and bolts. Well... getting the breather gasket off was a pita... then I go to put on the cover gasket... and it just wouldn't stay in the groove. I used Yamalube and it still wouldn't stay put. It would seem to jump out of the groove every time I pushed it in. I swear it was mocking me. It took a very long time, but I finally got it on there. It didn't help that it came from Bike Bandit all twisted and balled up in the shipment.
if it was all muddled up when it was delivered it could have been stretched some and thats what caused your problem
They always come twisted ... that aint your problem ...
The problem is ... yamalube - WTH ... you want all surfaces surgically clean ... dry as a bone and you want the gasket dry and clean as a brain surgery patient and you can use the same surgical wipes or rag soaked in gas followed by carb cleaner etc ... but dont get the gasket too soaked up in carb cleaner, and dont violently go @ it stretching or ripping it.
And you want to use ... get this ... wait for it ... GLUE. The rubber cement based one I use is fine - or you can get fancy and put the $20 "gascacinch" on it ... but either way missy - GLUE not LUBE.
Cool.
Buddha.
Go big or stay home, use non hardening green Permatex! I use grease to stick the oil filter cover gasket in the groove but it's not up to the task of putting the valve cover back on. Having done over 20 valve checks on 2 GSs this works best for me. Put a thin coat of Permatex on the cover and stick the gasket on and your good to go for another 30k miles approx. that the gaskets last. Next gasket change pull it off, scrape the cover lightly with a putty knife and stick the new one on again with Permatex. Repeat for 14 years and 175k GS miles.
I stuck my first valve cover on a 30's OHV 6 cyl Chevy 65 years ago with green Permatex, could be there are some new products that would do the job that have come out since then. :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
jack, is this what youre taking about? http://www.permatex.com/products/product-categories/gasketing/gasket-sealants/permatex--form-a-gasket--no--2-sealant-80016-detail
it comes out kinda green, but i think permatex is using 'Green' to describe a flavor of threadlocker now. i used the above to rebuild my petcock and it seems to be working like a champ.
Quote from: The Buddha on June 24, 2013, 06:33:34 AM
They always come twisted ... that aint your problem ...
The problem is ... yamalube - WTH ... you want all surfaces surgically clean ... dry as a bone and you want the gasket dry and clean as a brain surgery patient and you can use the same surgical wipes or rag soaked in gas followed by carb cleaner etc ... but dont get the gasket too soaked up in carb cleaner, and dont violently go @ it stretching or ripping it.
And you want to use ... get this ... wait for it ... GLUE. The rubber cement based one I use is fine - or you can get fancy and put the $20 "gascacinch" on it ... but either way missy - GLUE not LUBE.
Cool.
Buddha.
Sorry... I miss-spoke. I meant Yamabond, not Yamalube. It's all I had at the time. Basically is the same stuff as what they recommend in the shop manual. The gasket was so distorted from the way they shipped it, it seemed to move and jump around on its own. But I did manage to get it place. I also cleaned all of my surfaces and no I did not scratch anything. So meeahh. I really did want to go violently at it after a while, though.
Quote from: gsJack on June 24, 2013, 07:08:04 AM
Go big or stay home, use non hardening green Permatex!
Thanks Jack... I'll give that a whirl next time.