Gasket replace with paste?

[X.A.]

Can't find a new gasket for clutch-cover. It's pretty difficult to fabricate one.
I am planning to re-assemble with liquid gasket.

Sure it will leak like an old british!!
ANY COMMENT?

At least, I hope that the displacement due to removed thickness (1mm) of the former graphite gasket won't harm.
There are two bosses inside the cover I had to grind a few, because the cover without gasket was rather sitting on them.

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[REgina CB-1]

I did my clutch plates and stator last year. Got the gasket from my local Honda shop. It was cheap enough that I didn't even look online. If you can't get one there I'll pick one up here and send it to you Tuesday. You'd pay cost. Not looking to make money.

Side note- I bought my cb1 from Montreal last year. From a guy who works at bombardier.

[a_morti]

It's a bad idea. the excess squeezes out and whizzes around until it finds somewhere convenient to stop, usually on the gauze filter on your oil pick-up, which when that happens, it can be disastrous.

The gasket is the same as a first-generation CBR600 clutch gasket, it's hardly a rare part and should certainly be obtainable.

If you can't get a proper gasket, cereal packet makes a good substitute.

Also, it's not just the clutch gasket but the alternator gasket also. I wouldn't want to run without the gasket for fear of how tight the tolerance of the magnet to the windings might or might not be.

[X.A.]

I did my clutch plates and stator last year. Got the gasket from my local Honda shop. It was cheap enough that I didn't even look online. If you can't get one there I'll pick one up here and send it to you Tuesday. You'd pay cost. Not looking to make money.

Side note- I bought my cb1 from Montreal last year. From a guy who works at bombardier.

Thank-you for proposal. Very appreciated.
I am waiting further news from Bikebandit: they seem short too...!
How could I pay? I am not very experienced on Web payment.

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[X.A.]

Gasket is on the way from Bikebandit but too slow!
I decided to test my fresh re-coiled stator and to close my clutch-cover with Ultra-copper silicone.
I manage to let only one hair-thick filet of silicone squeeze inside by applying minimum quantity.
No leak (even better: the stator is OK!).
I'll change the oil-filter very soon, by precaution.
If clutch is to be changed later-on, I get the gasket handy for the job...

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[ABullock91]

Yamaha makes a gasket sealer similar to RTV but much tougher, I used this last time I needed to open up without having time to get a replacement gasket or being careful enough to save the old one. It worked fine, still no leaks after the whole summer. RTV won't work well enough, but the Yama stuff'll do the trick.

[Drewski]

Yamaha makes a gasket sealer similar to RTV but much tougher, I used this last time I needed to open up without having time to get a replacement gasket or being careful enough to save the old one. It worked fine, still no leaks after the whole summer. RTV won't work well enough, but the Yama stuff'll do the trick.

It's called "Yamabond". I use it on crank cases only. Loctite 518 is better for side cases but still not as good as a gasket.

                       Talking about using sealant only, several years back I dropped my K2 Honda while away in wales several years ago and managed to break the alternator cover into three pieces. Against all odds and in the middle of nowhere, I managed to find a "nutty Proffesor" type chap who did an amazing job of welding it all back together. I replaced the cover with no gasket and about 50 miles down the road, due to the lack of clearance, the end of the crank welded itself to the inside of the cover. I ended up retrieving a used cornflake carton from a dustbin and making my own gasket which stayed on there for a few years afterwards.