Our friends at LT said they just lightly grease clutch cover gaskets, and never use any jointing compound at all. I ended up greasing the clutch cover and blue hylomar both sides of the base gasket. The head was not disturbed. I just hope it seals OK round the coolant feed.
I remember the first time ...

Best not to use copaslip on brake seals. I have got either tiny little use once tubes of brake grease or a tub of castrol red rubber grease from a decent motor accessory shop. It makes Copaslip seem like superglue. You'll have no problem shoving the pistons back in. But the most important thing if ...

I'm just about to replace my clutch cover with a new gasket (Mk 2). The inboard side of the gasket is smooth. The outside has a couple of black lines on it particularly around the water pump. People talk of taking this cover off on the trail (after tipping the bike over). I don't know whether to use ...

Which way round does this seal go? I'm just about to put a new one in but the existing one looks the wrong way round (writing hidden once installed).
Mk2
Marc

The bike needs to be held upright (off the sidestand)

I've connected an oilfeed to the pump now just to see whether it leaks at all, and after two days it doesn't. I'm going to replace the pump seal just in case. The plug would oil up after I kicked it over. I could see the oil level in the plastic sight tube decrease overnight and in fact over the ...

Thanks everyone. The motors on the bench at the mo, so there's no kicking and no carb involved. I'm having a little difficulty removing the nut holding the primary drive gears on the crank. I'm anticipating similar issues with the clutch basket. I'm intending to get a clutch basket tool from MPS and ...

Hi all,
I may have a problem with my oil pump (MkII). It seems to be allowing oil into the engine when the bike is standing overnight. If I leave the bike over two nioghts, then I can forget starting it till I've whipped the plug out and primed the cylinder with a teaspoon or two of petrol ...