Tusk cylinder base gasket?

tutender

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Mar 3, 2009
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Hello,I just did a top end using the tusk gasket set.I've had the bike out a few times. The bike runs great, but I do notice that the green gasket doesn't look dry (darker) between the studs on both sides of the engine (not on intake or exhaust side). Should I verify the torque again or is this normal? The factory base gasket seemed thicker and higher quality and looked like it had a copper coating. Should I just pull the cylinder off and replace it with a factory gasket and not cheap out again? Any advice would be great. Thanks
 

julien_d

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Oct 28, 2008
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AFAIK the factory base gasket is just a paper gasket. No copper. Someone may have sprayed it with copper cote for some unknown reason? The tusk gasket should be fine. If it actually looks wet somewhere then you probably want to re-torque those bolts, yes.
 
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