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big bore gasket???

I use the 1150 SUZUKI OEM head gasket & trim it to fit. Never had one fail or leak yet! Ray.
 
Do you trim around barrels or elsewere?And does that mean oem wont work??What about base gasket and o-rings???
 
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1100 or 1150 base gasket but 1150 HEAD gasket. Just trim 1/16 smaller where it would be inside of bore. Ray.
 
sorry to keep asking?? How do you to trim it? its metal right??I had a shop do it in 1992.Thought I try it this time.
 
You can spend as mush or more for Suzuki gasket and risk turning it into junk cutting it, or you can use a Cometic C8031. They had one to me in a few days and it's working just fine. No cutting required.
 
Except the Cometics aren't as good as the OEM gaskets are! Ask a few of the members here. The fiber gaskets suck but the copper gaskets are the only ones I use on all of my big bore GSs. For a smallbore motor use OEM whenever possible. Even a trimmed OEM is better than a Cometic fiber or MLS. Ray.
 
Ray, I was searching head gasket part numbers on my 79 750, and at one time the 750 and 850 used the same part number. I wondered what was up with that?
 
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dealership did base and head 16 yrs ago no leaks since,I just hope I can seal it up that good Should any kind of sealer be used on base and head gaskets
 
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