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gasket clutch cover
Posted: 09:29 pm Oct 19 2010
by scheckaet
what are they made of and can I make my own?
just wondering if I could get the material at napa, pepboys, oreilly...
Don't wanna order one and have to wait another week to get it...
thx
wilf
Posted: 11:36 pm Oct 19 2010
by JoKDX220r
I use some grey silicon gasket maker for the clutch cover. Never had any problems.
Posted: 11:58 pm Oct 19 2010
by scheckaet
not worried about having pieces of silicone getting loose in the clutch, gears, kips actuator?
Posted: 05:06 am Oct 20 2010
by Coop
I have used UltraCopper many times in place of a gasket until my gasket came in without issue. I also have used gasket material from the autoparts store when I don't want to wait for one to come in from order.
Posted: 05:34 am Oct 20 2010
by Julien D
you can buy rolls of gasket paper and make your own. It's not much fun though......
Posted: 09:16 am Oct 20 2010
by jbowens2401
We just made one for a kx125 and used a sheet from auto zone. It took a long time to trace and cut it out but we rode the next day!
John
Posted: 02:19 pm Oct 20 2010
by rbates9
Just about any thing could work. I have seen with success a piece of a file folder work. A tip to "trace" the clutch cover is to hold the material over the cover and tap the edges with a hammer, not to cut it but to leave a good mark as to where to cut it. The out side wouldn't be to bad but it would help with the inside.
Posted: 11:28 pm Oct 20 2010
by JoKDX220r
scheckaet wrote:not worried about having pieces of silicone getting loose in the clutch, gears, kips actuator?
No, with the autoclutch there's a spacer for the clutch cover so I ( and the previous owner of the bike ) always used silicon gasket.