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Has anyone purchased an OEM base gasket lately?

philosopheriam

philosopheriam

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Folks,

I need to purchase a new base gasket for my 1978 GS1000E and I was planning on purchasing an OEM piece.

Do the "new" OEM gaskets use orings around the base of each sleeve? I remember seeing something on the board where these orings were eliminated with the new gaskets...

Thanks!
 
You still need the pear-shaped o-rings around the base of the two outer rear studs.

You might be thinking of the large rectangular o-ring around the cam chain tunnel in the head gasket -- some of the newer head gaskets cover this area and thus eliminate the o-ring.
 
bwringer said:
You still need the pear-shaped o-rings around the base of the two outer rear studs.

You might be thinking of the large rectangular o-ring around the cam chain tunnel in the head gasket -- some of the newer head gaskets cover this area and thus eliminate the o-ring.
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I'm aware of the rectangular oring and the two round orings around the studs, however, the parts fiche shows 4 large round orings around the base of each cylinder sleeve.
 
I have the OEM base gasket and o-rings for mine and I suspect they are still required with whatever P/N base gasket exists today.
 
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