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F&^%ing Gasket Goo

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  1. kiffsta

    kiffsta Senior Member

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    Arrgghh, I picked up a Kawasaki ZXR250C model on the weekend, the seller was a nice guy and we had a good chat about what he did to the bike, basically he said they cleaned the carbs and it ran for a bit then it hydrolocked , he tried to buy seals and float valves for his bike from his local Kawasaki shop and they said... Yeah.. Nah ... it is an import.

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    So I figure, lets have a look at what's going on, I undid the float bowl screws and the bowls were on there good and solid, I was like... hmmm, some more persistence and they came away, the guys had used so much gasket goo that the float bowl was stuck to the float.

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    please , please , please buy a sealk it from @maelstrom aka Litetek.co do not use gasket goo
     
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    Linkin The Mechanic Premium Member Contributing Member Dirty Wheel Club

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    That'll do it.

    Only place sealants should be used is where the service manual says to! EG the rubber plug on stator wiring as it comes out of the cover etc.
     
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    GreyImport Administrator Staff Member The Chief Contributing Member

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    at least you had a seal there, mine was pure goo
     
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    ruckusman White Mans Magic Master Premium Member Dirty Wheel Club

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    ahem - some is good more must be better
     
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    This ingenuous person found a way to do without carby to airbox seals & screws in the one go, looks like crankcase gasket or grey maxx. 20170209_152133-1.jpg
     
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    Mine is the same mate, I have some litetek ones in order , itching to see if this bike runs
     
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    Here are my air box seals , they should be reusiable right ?

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