Stephen_Spencer
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Thanks Cliffa; Social media to the rescue, a local Yamaha dealer who used to own two 961's had some gaskets left from when he had his bikes. Lucked in big time, I got two of most of the gaskets and oil and air filters as well.Glad too see it’s fixed. Did you end up making a gasket?
maybe try some wheel cleaner on the ally fins?
Thanks Stephen, much appreciated. spray and scrub?,I’ve had some success with this product for the discolouration.
Thanks TonyA, i'll try both.Stiff bristle brush with long bristles and simple green/S100 or similar cleaner . Lots of brush scrubbing and flushing with fresh water.
From the gasket pic I see mine went in exactly the same place, curious. I used 1mm Flexitallic CNAF but still get a mist after a good ride, a good reason to carry a handkerchief.Hi All,
Quick update!
Thanks again for all the great advise, just wanted to finish this off as I've successfully replaced the rocker gasket and it's all fantastic and up and on the road again without to much fuss.
2.5 hours with some help from confident like minded staff to assist.
the gasket did actually have a number of fractures to it, but only the one full spit, guess this was the weak point. it was quite hard and brittle, the comment that it had sat for a 3 years unsold (not ridden)
therefore not having oil around it may have been the correct diagnosis?
images of the fail and cleaned & repaired.
Cheers all.
Be very careful cleaning hands with chemical products..My absolute most fav. cleaner for almost anything is muc-off motorcycle chain cleaner. Brilliant and not chemically aggressive and doesn't smell too bad. Use it very successfully for hand cleaning too.
Or barrier cream. Remember the pink stuff? Hate working with gloves personally.Be very careful cleaning hands with chemical products..
Dermatitis scourge of the old style mechanics. Ruined many a career. Wear nitrile gloves. This is a public information statement.
Or barrier cream. Remember the pink stuff? Hate working with gloves personally.!!
I actually took a few scans of the throttle insulator gaskets - I'll get you a copy of those. I suspect people would be interested.I have a small manufacturing business and have access to cnc and laser cutting facilities should I get left short again in the future or others need some down this way.
@Stephen_Spencer how's that stuff go on the polished parts? Just thinking if it ran off onto the side cases, would it stain them do you think?I’ve had some success with this product for the discolouration.
Spray on and leave for a few minutes P-R, agigtate with a brush if necessary and wash off - just used a wet sponge the last time. I don’t know whether it would leave a stain of a different type if you don’t wash it off.Thanks Stephen, much appreciated. spray and scrub?,
I've noted just before Stephen, I'm in the process of creating a cad file of the gaskets as I scanned the covers when I had them off and have digitally made a gasket cad file for future use. Being down this way and not knowing what thew owners are going to be doing I took the opportunity to at least have an insurance policy! should I need another one or others down this way.