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what are the gasket made of?
Any way I can make my own?
clutch, side cover, kips resonator.....
how about the base gasket?
Can i use the stuff from automotive?
I'm trying to rebuild it on the cheap, but I still want to be SAFE cuz i don't want to do it 2x and spend even more money
Is this a BAD BAD idea?
thx
scheckaet

You can buy sheets of it at the auto store. I have made a few that way. Pain in the ass though.

exacto knife, some real good scissors and a single hole punch make it much easier.

where do you get the paper? any type/brand I should use?

I got a pack of it at advance auto parts. It was a few sheets per pack. I'm sure NAPA would have it as well. Advance only had one type/brand, worked fine. As mentioned above, exacto knife and hole punch are helpful.

that stuff would also work for the cylinder base gasket?

If you get the right thickness. You would have to measure your old base gasket and get some new gasket paper that is a few thousands thicker.

It has been years since I have had a cylinder off. IIRC, it is pretty thin paper. The gasket paper I have would be too thick for that.

I always make my own gaskets and they work fine. To make an exact copy, I get a paint pen and cover the whole mating surface the gasket will lay on, and put the gasket sheet on top and take it off and I have an outline of where I need to cut. I use an exactoknife and some hole punchers and a wooden surface

top end gaskets I would just order

I have done it on a few non-critical ones, but I would not do it on a base gasket. The places I did it, it was just a cover. For example, one could do it on the KIPS expansion chamber and the ignition cover. The thickness being off on those is not important.

I'm not gonna use that for the base gasket, too much at stake.

The best way I have found to copy a surface is to hold the sheet of gasket material up to what you need to copy then tap the edges with a soft hammer to get the shape.

I have even seen a manilla folder used with success as gasket material.

Jason wrote:I have done it on a few non-critical ones, but I would not do it on a base gasket. The places I did it, it was just a cover. For example, one could do it on the KIPS expansion chamber and the ignition cover. The thickness being off on those is not important.

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