GASKET

bikerboy · Post by **bikerboy** » Thu May 15, 2014 8:22 am

Do i need to replace the old gasket, as i am replacing with new rocker cover?

Blackal · Post by **Blackal** » Thu May 15, 2014 12:42 pm

Take a chance on the old one - if it leaks once heated up........... then get a new one.

Just take it easy on the bike, and stop regularly during a 15 minute ride - to check for weeping.

Al

bikerboy · Post by **bikerboy** » Thu May 15, 2014 1:03 pm

[quote="Blackal"]Take a chance on the old one - if it leaks once heated up........... then get a new one.

Just take it easy on the bike, and stop regularly during a 15 minute ride - to check for weepi

Thanks for your help

Bikerhoss · Post by **Bikerhoss** » Thu May 15, 2014 1:55 pm

Blackal wrote:Take a chance on the old one - if it leaks once heated up........... then get a new one.

Just take it easy on the bike, and stop regularly during a 15 minute ride - to check for weeping.

Al

+1 They're designed for repeated removal of the cover for valve checks etc, so prob be ok if you do as Al suggests.

Boxadog 2000 · Post by **Boxadog 2000** » Thu May 15, 2014 6:01 pm

Bikerhoss wrote:
Blackal wrote:Take a chance on the old one - if it leaks once heated up........... then get a new one.

Just take it easy on the bike, and stop regularly during a 15 minute ride - to check for weeping.

Al
+1 They're designed for repeated removal of the cover for valve checks etc, so prob be ok if you do as Al suggests.

Sorry they are not it is a service item

dave the german · Post by **dave the german** » Fri May 16, 2014 3:20 am

I remember many moons ago that my old R65 service kit came with cork rocker gaskets which would suggest as Boxerdog says they are a service item. However, most of the people I knew with BMs at the time never replaced them (never understood why as they were in the kit). But this also suggests that you could get away with not replacing them. I suppose do as Blackal says - if they don't leak you're OK, if they do, change them

tanneman · Post by **tanneman** » Fri May 16, 2014 6:45 am

Make sure to fetch the gasket for the spark plug hole out of the head and fit it to the rocker cover before installation.