rossness
XS650 Enthusiast
I had to fish for the tach drive washer on my ‘76 650C so I took the RH cover off. Fished it, out everything back together (save the kickstart), then discovered I tore my old gasket so it started to leak.
Looked like the original so I decided it’s time to replace. Chipped off the old gasket, soaked in paint remover to get all the little bits off, and bought a new gasket from mikesxs.
I watched/read about a thousand threads on putting the Kickstarter back in, which I did successfully. Oiled both sides, put the new gasket on, made sure everything lined up. However, a small bit of the gasket stuck out of the top where the cover meets the case (maybe 1/32”). It looked perfect everywhere else, so I buttoned it up, torqued to spec, and got a bit of a leak. Ran it through a few heat cycles, retorqued, now the leak is worse. It’s definitely coming from the gasket/where the cover meets the case.
Help? Could it be from that extra bit of gasket? I also only have the copper washers on the two bolts next to the oil filter, not the bottom ones (where the leak seems to be coming from). Could that be it? It has never had them on and didn’t leak before.
Looked like the original so I decided it’s time to replace. Chipped off the old gasket, soaked in paint remover to get all the little bits off, and bought a new gasket from mikesxs.
I watched/read about a thousand threads on putting the Kickstarter back in, which I did successfully. Oiled both sides, put the new gasket on, made sure everything lined up. However, a small bit of the gasket stuck out of the top where the cover meets the case (maybe 1/32”). It looked perfect everywhere else, so I buttoned it up, torqued to spec, and got a bit of a leak. Ran it through a few heat cycles, retorqued, now the leak is worse. It’s definitely coming from the gasket/where the cover meets the case.
Help? Could it be from that extra bit of gasket? I also only have the copper washers on the two bolts next to the oil filter, not the bottom ones (where the leak seems to be coming from). Could that be it? It has never had them on and didn’t leak before.