Gasket Placement Question

stevemd · 12-07-2012, 11:35 AM

I'm probably being too fussy and excuse the cell phone pics but does the strippy side of this OEM Yamaha head to carb manifold gasket go against the head? The strippy side has the sharp edges from being punched out of stock at the gasket factory

H96669 · 12-07-2012, 03:35 PM

Look at it from the side, should be a few layers, probably 3 and one of the outside layers may be thicker. Should go against the head if you are fussy.

Wasser · 12-07-2012, 03:53 PM

It's not a BMW.

Heck, if it was, the stripes would have to be aligned in a certain direction.

Pick a side and put it in.

D.T. · 12-07-2012, 06:13 PM

Put the gasket on and see if it blocks the air flow at all. If it does flip it around!

troidus · 12-09-2012, 05:09 PM

Put whichever side is least likely to stick against the head. It's a lot easier to clean old gasket material from something you can put on the workbench.

12-07-2012, 11:35 AM	#1
stevemd ^OP Adventurer Joined: Oct 2012 Location: Mid-Maryland Oddometer: 81	Gasket Placement Question I'm probably being too fussy and excuse the cell phone pics but does the strippy side of this OEM Yamaha head to carb manifold gasket go against the head? The strippy side has the sharp edges from being punched out of stock at the gasket factory

12-07-2012, 03:35 PM	#2
H96669 A proud pragmatist. Joined: Nov 2009 Location: Hiding off Hwy 6, B.C. Oddometer: 2,872	Look at it from the side, should be a few layers, probably 3 and one of the outside layers may be thicker. Should go against the head if you are fussy. __________________ Have tools, will travel!

12-07-2012, 06:13 PM	#4
D.T. One wheel wonder... Joined: Aug 2004 Location: Moneyapolis, MN Oddometer: 6,318	Put the gasket on and see if it blocks the air flow at all. If it does flip it around! __________________ "Tough times don't last, but tough people do." Robert A. Schuler

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12-07-2012, 03:53 PM	#3
Wasser Spilt my beer Joined: Oct 2009 Location: Colorado Oddometer: 3,383	It's not a BMW. Heck, if it was, the stripes would have to be aligned in a certain direction. Pick a side and put it in.

12-09-2012, 05:09 PM	#5
troidus Beastly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2010 Oddometer: 6,951	Put whichever side is least likely to stick against the head. It's a lot easier to clean old gasket material from something you can put on the workbench.