Put the sealant on the cover, rather than the block. It's the rougher side
and it works well to fill in the irregularities. Also lots easier to clean
later.
A very important bit is to center the lip seal with the pulley before
tightening up any bolts, small or large ones on this cover. To do this,
start a few bolts in the cover, but don't tighten any. Put the pulley on
all the way or at least far enough to get into the seal completely. That
centers the seal around the pulley. Now tighten up a few of the bolts, pull
off the pulley and start all of them and tighten properly. Too tight warps
the cover edge and makes for leaks!!
Centering the seal this way makes for very long seal life. If your seal
area on the pulley is grooved or rough, put on a new speedi-sleeve.
Later, Paul A
----- Original Message -----
From: "bjshov8" <bjshov8@comcast.net>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: gasket cement on front plate?
> I don't know if British stuff works that way, but on American stuff...
>
> You use sticky stuff to hold the gasket in place so it doesn't move during
> reassembly, but the gasket itself does the sealing. You might use a dab
of
> silicon in corners, at the end of the gasket, etc. Remember, silicon is a
> relatively new invention. In the old days we used Permatex for this, in
the
> corners, etc.
>
> Back to current times, you can use silicon wherever you want, if you think
> it will help. It might be a bit harder to clean off if you need to
> disassemble and reassemble, but the old way of doing it with just the
gasket
> was never perfect.
>
>
>
> > Is it recommended to use gasket cement on the front
> > plate during re-assembly? The sticky, gluey kind? Or
> > can one safely use silicone? Is there a general rule
> > of thumb I can follow? I'm used to the PITA gluey
> > stuff, but If I don't need it....
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