Do you make gaskets?

John Turuk · Feb 12, 2023

Do you guys make gaskets or use silicone gasket maker products?

Mike(NEOhio) · Feb 12, 2023

All the time. Only buy them if special a thickness is needed or for shimming bearings.

JoeM(GA) · Feb 12, 2023

best way, hard to get gaskets for lots of this older stuff, always keep plenty of gasket paper, and plenty of cereal box sides to hammer out or cut a gasket

RobCons · Feb 12, 2023

Yep. I keep paper, silicon, and cork on the shelf.

JD Dave · Feb 12, 2023

I like to use a gasket and a very tiny bit of silcone or aviation Permatex. Silicone is the next greatest invention since sliced bread. That being said, I've taken things apart where the previous mechanic has used a whole tube of silicone on a water pump or an oil pan and there are gobs of it hanging loose, some of which have obviously gotten loose internally. Not good! I don't like silicone on a cork gasket.

SkipperII · Feb 13, 2023

Had to make one for the exhaust side of a turbo recently. NAPA gave me a sheet of material that had a pierced aluminum sheet on one side. It was a little tedious to hammer cut it, but I won.

Stephen Newell · Feb 13, 2023

I have some gasket material and will make them when I have to but prefer to factory gasket.

JohnRowehl · Feb 21, 2023

Same here.

busboy · Feb 25, 2023

(quoted from post at 12:53:12 02/12/23) Do you guys make gaskets or use silicone gasket maker products?

ind someone with a cricket maker my daughter made me some that were spot on,

Do you make gaskets?

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