Weeping oil from cam rubbers

[Lorenzo]

I found that aftermarket plugs, are a tad shorter longitudinally (looking at them from the verso they are mounted), so when installing them dry, they kept popping out, upon laying the cover.

So, I ended up re-installing the old ones, with a light smear of gasket cement.

Sorry for making it sound more complicated than it needed be, on my previous post.

[Cipher]

Heck I even have that on hand, and yeah it'll stick to everything. I use it very sparingly, a little dab'll do ya. Reversing worked a treat so I'm OK with that. I think I read up to use Yamabond or equivalent but it wasn't right for the job. I wonder what was used by Suzuki new.

Manual call for Suzuki bond doubt it much different than yambond?

[93Bandit]

Well shoot. All this talk of using something on these seals makes me think I did it wrong. I installed them dry on my 750. Haven't ran the engine yet so we'll see what happens.

[bwringer]

I started installing them backwards ages ago. And whenever possible, I re-use the old ones with a light smear of sealer; new ones, even from Suzuki, stick up too much.

On cars, these sorts of half-moon seals always have a double lip. Why Suzuki couldn't get on board with this highly advanced technology I'll never know.

[rphillips]

Advanced technology??? Usually I find this kind of stuff advertised as new & improved.

[TeamDar]

The original post asks about 1983 GS750E cam rubbers. The 83 750E uses a one piece rubber gasket with cam rubbers built in like a GS1150. I would say remove the cover and check the condition of the rubber gasket and replace if necessary.

[Rich82GS750TZ]

The original post asks about 1983 GS750E cam rubbers. The 83 750E uses a one piece rubber gasket with cam rubbers built in like a GS1150. I would say remove the cover and check the condition of the rubber gasket and replace if necessary.

I was thinking the same thing.

[bwringer]

The original post asks about 1983 GS750E cam rubbers. The 83 750E uses a one piece rubber gasket with cam rubbers built in like a GS1150. I would say remove the cover and check the condition of the rubber gasket and replace if necessary.

Huh, I had no idea!

So yeah, that.

And for everyone with "traditional" valve cover gaskets, well, there's still a lot of good into here.