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[5twins]

My Athena base gasket pushed out like that as well .....

..... but luckily, it never leaked, so I just trimmed it off and carried on, lol .....

The gaskets on my cam covers never gave me any problems but I did replace them when I installed those Allen rocker shaft end caps. I also replaced the Athena black rubber o-ring. It had turned "square", lol. The originals were red rubber, silicone I think. I put some old ones back in there. They were still "round" so I figure they were still good.

 

[XSTime]

Over the years in many past threads the use of the undesirable green Athena gaskets has been discussed.
For that very reason I as well disassembled a new to me rebuild top end to replace the Athena gasket set as well as to inspect the po’s work too.
It was educational as some of you witnessed