Lycoming (aircraft engines) runs 2 parallel strips of silk thread on top of the their very thin layer of gasket cement when assembling crankcase halves ("How it's made").
http://www.amtonline.com/publication/ar ... =1&id=1281
Has anyone tried this? I do like the idea of the added oil leak-stoppage.
Silk thread gaskets?
Silk thread gaskets?Dana
1966/7 CB-77 Red of course 1976 CB-550F (project over-budget and under-funded) 1985 GS-450S (Land Speed Racer)
case sealingOn our race motors we would deburr the cases and then employ a lapping plate and compound to make sure that the mating surfaces would match correctly. Hylomar or Yamabond was all that was necessary to build an oil tight motor. Cleaning of the cases was a critically important step as well. allan
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