I used gasket sealer on mine anyways...Hi-tack on the bottom, snot on the top...works wonders, just apply thinly. HotrodMamma.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Minnesota Blue" <[email protected]> To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:43 PM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Valve Cover Gasket > > Hello everyone. So the 83 650 is back together and running!! New > paint, several new nuts, bolts, gaskets, washers, o-rings, and a few > other things later. Spent a long time getting 26 years of dirt and > neglect out of all the small spaces. Back to running like a champ now > except for one problem. The valve cover is still leaking. We had > pulled it off this winter, cleaned the surfaces, and put a new gasket > in. My father even surprised me by getting the valve cover chromed, > which looks really nice! Fired up the bike today and took it for a > test drive. Sure enough, it was pumping oil out in a few spots. Took > the tank off and re-torqued the whole thing. Went for another drive, > still leaking. Not as bad, but still leaking. I really don't want to > torque the hell out of them. My mechanic told me to put the new > gasket on dry. With the leaks, I am thinking about taking it off and > putting a gasket sealer on to seal up all of the leaks. Anyone been > through this? I am sure the gasket sealer will work, but I don't want > to cause problems for myself down the road, Any suggestions would be > great. > > Thanks! > > MN Blue > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
