aliveagain
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posted August 25, 2007 03:15 PM
casing sealant
I feel silly asking this,but do you put any sealant on the area of the crank bolts?It just seems putting sealant around the perimitor only would put stress without any on the inside. Am I over-complicating it? 
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entropy
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posted August 25, 2007 04:00 PM
the manual shows where to put sealant, and none goes around the main bolts. I don't know what you would be sealing there????
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posted August 25, 2007 04:47 PM
I'm not worried about sealing, but equal spacing throughout the casing.It's probably too little to worry about but I thought I would ask.thanx
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aliveagain
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posted August 25, 2007 05:43 PM
Ahsoo,grasshopper see in warning block in the manual,do not apply liquid gasket around bearing halves because of oil flow.
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posted August 28, 2007 12:29 PM
If you are worried about that, you are using TOO MUCH sealant.
Almost everybody uses too much. Put on a very small bead and then use your finger with a fair amount of pressure to wipe it along the surface. It should be transparent, just barely there. If, when you are finished, you have a small bead sqeezed out, that you can actually grab and peel off like a string, like most people, you used waaay too much. The "squeeze out" should be almost nothing, just barely there.
Remember you are joining two very finely machined parts. They really shouldn't need any sealant at all. You are only filling small gaps caused by flex in the parts.
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aliveagain
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posted August 28, 2007 04:32 PM
Thank you! Never knew how much so great advice.
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posted August 29, 2007 06:59 AM
 Edited By: psycho1122 on 29 Aug 2007 08:00
I always dab some Three Bond on my finger tip then "tap, tap, tap" the sealant around the machined surface. This seems to work alot better than trying to lay down some kind of tiny "bead".
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