rebuild gasket kits?

[Guest]

does anyone know where to get a rebuild gasket kit for the 997cc Suzuki engine minus the piston rings and pistons of course lol

anything recomended for usage

[5150/gs]

Z-1 enterprises,self complete gasket kits,i know of none that come with pistons and rings,they are seperate,also at Z-1 u can buy individual,but head and base gaskets pretty much only come in complete kits unless u get them at a Zuki dealer,which are as expensive as buyin a complete kit

[azr]

There's lots of threads about gasket kits and lots of them talk of only using OEM for the base and head gaskets as well as the o-rings.

[koolaid_kid]

First, a gasket set contains just that, gaskets. And o-rings and valve stem seals if you buy the entire engine set.
Second, I have no personal experience with aftermarket head gasket and base gaskets for GS models, but I have read multiple posts where the aftermarket ones are a virtual guarantee for leaks.
In my own personal experience, I installed 2 aftermarket valve cover gaskets on my GS. One let go on a GS rally and I had to use form-a-gasket to get home. The second let go as I was riding down the street and bathed me with oil. I replaced it with an OEM gasket and had no further problems.
I did purchase a Cometic lower gasket set for my GS and had no problems with the stator gasket or clutch cover gasket, which is all I used out of the set. They seemed to be of good quality.
I did use Vesrah gaskets on my KZ750E and had no problems, and am currently using an Athena set on my GPz (with a special Cometic head gasket) on my GPz with no issues, so I have never understood why the GS models should be different, but all I have is the information I gleaned from other threads, plus my experience with valve cover gaskets.
AFA your particular model, IDK, I had the 83 listed in my sig.
I purchased the Vesrah and Athena gasket sets from Z1Enterprises. The Cometic set came from Cometic.

[cruiser58]

I used an Athena set on my GS650 and had some minor "seepage" until I retorqued the cover screws several times. I used stainless allen screws when I built the engine, I don't think I could have gotten enough torque with the factory phillips heads.

[matt1100]

...whats your time worth?

OEM only.

Also, the set does not come with valve seals.

[Nessism]

Aftermarket gaskets suck. In particular Athena brand (green gaskets). The base gasket can't take the clamp load from the head and extruded out of place when I rebuilt my GS1000. Took the engine apart a second time and replaced the gaskets with OEM.

[jaydub88]

Any Chance you ordered those OEM gaskets from somewhere? If so, Where?!?!?
My suzuki dealer can only get me Athena and I'm having a heck of a time trying to locate a set online.

[matt1100]

Jay, no offense but if your suzuki dealer cant get you suzuki parts then, well, they suck!

Step one: go to Bike Cliff's site and down load the parts catalog
Step two: go through catalog for your model and write down the part numbers you want to aquire. If you want a complete engine gasket set you will find that part number in the back ("optional" or something like that)
Step three: search for parts online using the part numbers.

I have been getting stuff from Powersports Plus. They use the suzuki part numbers and have really good prices

Good Luck