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Bad gaskets

Discussion in 'Motorcycle Tech Talk' started by cowboy, Sep 4, 2010.

  1. cowboy

    cowboy Moderator Staff Member

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    I had chucktx put the new cam's & hyd cam chain set up in my bike ,I suppled all parts , I have only put 37 miles on it & now the james gaskets are leaking at the rocker box right in the front center :banghead::gah::cussing:
    I will have to take them out & I'am looking into the cometic gasket set , or does anyone know of a better set /brand name set ? :rant:
    cowboy, Sep 4, 2010
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    Wideglide85 Active Member

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    Always had good luck with Cometic, so that's all I ever use.
    Wideglide85, Sep 4, 2010
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  4. cowboy

    cowboy Moderator Staff Member

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    I think these are the gaskets we put in my son's S&S engine & worked real good ,I have to wate till Tue & order a set ,I wont ride it till it's fixed :cussing:
    cowboy, Sep 5, 2010
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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    That sucks, hope you get it fixed soon.
    FLHTbiker, Sep 5, 2010
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  6. cowboy

    cowboy Moderator Staff Member

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    Ya me to ,I have the cometic pt # & will call first thing tue morning
    cowboy, Sep 5, 2010
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    cowboy Moderator Staff Member

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    I called Mike at cometic gaskets today & order just what I needed , should be here sometime next week :D
    cowboy, Sep 7, 2010
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    Believe it or not, I prefer stock HD gaskets for almost everything.

    Theory is that HD doesn't want you coming back for warranty work,
    and they have really worked hard to get things to seal up, the new
    gaskets they have are state of the art stuff.

    Cometic, James etc have good stuff but the "paper" gaskets
    are not the best IMHO, the new metal HD rocker box base gaskets
    have a sealer on the metal, gets hot and expands and seals...
    hotroadking, Sep 8, 2010
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  9. chucktx

    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    wow, i am really pissed.........never had those gaskets leak before.....but i also use the hd gaskets. sorry about the leak cowboy. let me know what ya find out!!!
    chucktx, Sep 8, 2010
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  10. cowboy

    cowboy Moderator Staff Member

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    This was the first time I used James gaskets & most likey the last ,I have used cometic before On my son"s S&S evo 96 in & they worked real good no leaks so I'll give them a try on mine ,
    Chuck it was nothing wrong on your part she run's great the cam's did just what I wanted them to do & wake up the 88 just enough But as we all know Poop happens :D
    cowboy, Sep 8, 2010
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    hotroadking Super Moderator Staff Member

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    yeah nothing wrong with James or Cometic

    Just the HD stuff seems to be the newer tech stuff...
    hotroadking, Sep 9, 2010
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    Have you tried to check the tighten on them just a little..............

    HD gaskets,
    Cometic
    James Gasket

    Like Hotroadking said, all good.

    If the gaskets have been sittin around for a long time something might of happened to them.:wtf:
    cardboard, Sep 9, 2010
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  13. cowboy

    cowboy Moderator Staff Member

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    Yep I did double check & chuck has them right on the money ,Just a bad gasket , Like I said above Poop happens ,
    cowboy, Sep 9, 2010
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    I've always had good luck with James, Cometic, H-D but there's always the chance of getting a bad one. Recently I even tried a set of Accel brand gaskets that have been leak free.
    kenfuzed, Sep 11, 2010
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