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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 03:43 AM
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should you use a base gasket on a 88 cube dyna or just the o-ring
 
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 06:07 AM
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Your going to have to give a little more info in order to help you on this one.
 
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 06:33 AM
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Use the ring. It's reuseable. The base gasket is for all the different interchanagble covers that fit different bikes with and without the face for the ring to set.
 
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TC88s don't have a cylinder base gasket, only an O ring AFAIK. You will probably find you can't buy a gasket!
 

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