Frustration ^2

[motogroove]

I got my gaskets yesterday, 13 days after I ordered them.
Many of them are wrong - either wrong bike or wrong place on my bike.
Water outlet gasket is way too big (I ordered two, great). Maybe a later model bike, or just plain wrong bike... I dunno. It's not like I didn't say that everything was for a 2001 xc300
Center crankcase gasket that I didn't order. Who knows if that's correct for a 2001. Always something extra that I didn't order from this vendor too.

Base gaskets look funny compared to the circa 2001 gasket I used a few months ago. Not sure about that... I'll know later today

The boys are riding this weekend. Will I be there?
It's not looking good, unless I blow off work so I can play parts detective and then buy overnight shipping.

-Dean
missing the season
trying a new vendor

[bukwheat]

Well, are you going to tell us where you ordered them from???

[motogroove]

I hate to throw <anybody> under the bus.
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[Dude]

Sure its not Bob and North Tahoe. I can think of few clueless vendors in my neck of the woods.

[GMP]

Just deal with Smith's Powersports in Imperial PA, or Hall's. They both stock a lot and know the bikes, excellent dealers. I have had some screw ups myself from other vendors in the past, I attributed it to cheap summer help that did not give a crap.

[stainlesscycle]

i'm assuming you mean the water outlet on the cylinder head? there are several different ones.... i just make mine, a sheet of gasket paper, a set of punches and an exacto have fixed many last minute problems......

there are 3 different thicknesses of base gasket.. i believe they're all the same aside from thickness....

[motogroove]

Originally Posted by stainlesscycle

i'm assuming you mean the water outlet on the cylinder head? there are several different ones.... i just make mine, a sheet of gasket paper, a set of punches and an exacto have fixed many last minute problems......

there are 3 different thicknesses of base gasket.. i believe they're all the same aside from thickness....

The vendor is attempting to fix the problem. Thanks.

Yes, that's the gasket. And I made the last two myself also. I just was trying to make the order worth everybody's time. And I never mind having the details look correct.

In a case where there are several different this or that, I would help the customer determine which one is the desired item.

I wouldn't have worried about the thickness of the base gasket until I wandered into this nut-house. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Anybody know what the three thicknesses are? These are looking like ~0.59mm ? (one is just a spare, I'm not starting stacking and carving).

Thanks again to the vendor for getting on top of it.

[motogroove]

Originally Posted by motogroove

Anybody know what the three thicknesses are? These are looking like ~0.59mm ? .

OK, these are called .5mm. Maybe they crush down to that when installed. The others are .3 and .15mm.

[CACTUSREID]

the three sizes of base gaskets allow you to fine tune your compression/port timing in your motor. hopefully someone more knowledgeable than me will chime in and let you know what a good baseline setup is.

[motogroove]

[QUOTE=stainlesscycle;66825]i'm assuming you mean the water outlet on the cylinder head? there are several different ones.... i just make mine, a sheet of gasket paper, a set of punches and an exacto have fixed many last minute problems......

[QUOTE]

Here are two of the water outlet variations. My 2001 bike's head uses the smaller one, which I was told began in 2003.

Make note which one you have and be specific wherever you order.

-Dean
always ahead of my time

hey, that's a pun