Gasket cleaning? - SV650.org

muzikill · 26-01-11, 09:45 AM

Any tips on how to remove bits of gasket from the engine, i dont want to damage the surfaces!

26-01-11, 09:51 AM

would a solvent of some sort get them off??

muzikill · 26-01-11, 09:52 AM

Thats what i was thinking, also some sort of plastic scraper (maybe the kind of stuff they use to remove bath sealant)

26-01-11, 10:08 AM

Razor/stanley blade

26-01-11, 10:27 AM

have you tried an ice scraper?? they have a pretty half decent edge on them when new

26-01-11, 10:32 AM

Stick with a blade and maybe some WD40.

timwilky · 26-01-11, 10:35 AM

I use a old scraper.

No not a decorators tool. An engineers scraper. The sort of tools that proper engine builders use. Then again it must be 30 years since I last scraped a bearing.

26-01-11, 10:39 AM

an old BLUNT wood chisel, a blunt wallpaper scraper

_Stretchie_ · 26-01-11, 10:59 AM

I have a chisel that I ground to make it sharp and use that for stubborn bits but mainly use a Stanley knife blade and patience.

Squirrell_Hunter has one of these:

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/pr...ive-hand-tools

But I don't really like it.

yorkie_chris · 26-01-11, 12:07 PM

Tim I don't like proper scraper on gaskets, too easy to take an actual scrape. Then again dunno what you will take scraping ally, probably a thou or so with a firm scrape.

Same reason I don't like blunt stuff, I wrap a bit of shim stock round the back of a razorblade and some tape to protect the pinkies. I find it gets in between gasket and ally very easily.

26-01-11, 09:45 AM	#1
muzikill Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Dunfermline Posts: 1,712	Gasket cleaning? Any tips on how to remove bits of gasket from the engine, i dont want to damage the surfaces! __________________ Learn to maintain your bike, take it apart, rebuild the engine & more (using better bolts ), drop it & fix it again! K3 Job c.v: Engine:remove/split/rebuild/refit. Replace:Gearbox,Fuel pump,Gaskets. Piston clean,rings. Overhaul:Throttle body,Injectors,Brakes,Forks. Remove/refit:Exhaust,Radiator,Oil cooler,Throttle,Air filter,Tank. Replace: Oil,Coolant,grease,brake hoses & bleed.

26-01-11, 09:51 AM	#2
tom-k6 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Gasket cleaning? would a solvent of some sort get them off??

26-01-11, 09:52 AM	#3
muzikill Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Dunfermline Posts: 1,712	Re: Gasket cleaning? Thats what i was thinking, also some sort of plastic scraper (maybe the kind of stuff they use to remove bath sealant) __________________ Learn to maintain your bike, take it apart, rebuild the engine & more (using better bolts ), drop it & fix it again! K3 Job c.v: Engine:remove/split/rebuild/refit. Replace:Gearbox,Fuel pump,Gaskets. Piston clean,rings. Overhaul:Throttle body,Injectors,Brakes,Forks. Remove/refit:Exhaust,Radiator,Oil cooler,Throttle,Air filter,Tank. Replace: Oil,Coolant,grease,brake hoses & bleed.

26-01-11, 10:08 AM	#4
The Guru Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Gasket cleaning? Razor/stanley blade

26-01-11, 10:27 AM	#5
tom-k6 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Gasket cleaning? have you tried an ice scraper?? they have a pretty half decent edge on them when new

26-01-11, 10:32 AM	#6
The Guru Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Gasket cleaning? Stick with a blade and maybe some WD40.

26-01-11, 10:35 AM	#7
timwilky Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Not in Yorkshire. (Thank God) Posts: 4,116	Re: Gasket cleaning? I use a old scraper. No not a decorators tool. An engineers scraper. The sort of tools that proper engine builders use. Then again it must be 30 years since I last scraped a bearing. __________________ Not Grumpy, opinionated.

26-01-11, 10:39 AM	#8
martin15s Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Gasket cleaning? an old BLUNT wood chisel, a blunt wallpaper scraper

26-01-11, 10:59 AM	#9
_Stretchie_ Large Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Minsterworth, Gloucester Posts: 2,353	Re: Gasket cleaning? I have a chisel that I ground to make it sharp and use that for stubborn bits but mainly use a Stanley knife blade and patience. Squirrell_Hunter has one of these: http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/pr...ive-hand-tools But I don't really like it. __________________ How to amuze an idiot: Look right-> <-Look Left

26-01-11, 12:07 PM	#10
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: Gasket cleaning? Tim I don't like proper scraper on gaskets, too easy to take an actual scrape. Then again dunno what you will take scraping ally, probably a thou or so with a firm scrape. Same reason I don't like blunt stuff, I wrap a bit of shim stock round the back of a razorblade and some tape to protect the pinkies. I find it gets in between gasket and ally very easily. __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

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