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no one i mean no one actually cares
You must be tired, I was hoping for something with a bit more bite to it.
 
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Anyone try these rocker cover gaskets?





 
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I used paper on my 48 and cometic on my 54, neither leak
 
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The paper will the cometic wont - we tried this forever with leaks till cometic every glue known to man we used to no avail

it will slither between the paper and not the glue - liberals are the same way
 
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Are the cometics foam rubber over metal?
 
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Are the cometics foam over metal?
Or a rubber of some sort.
 
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Or a rubber of some sort.
Yeah, Foam rubber..
 
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Foam sprayed over thin alloy both sides uniform in thickness - its the best available today

we can get them for the 1932 to 53 Indian chiefs as well nothing is better
 
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Foam sprayed over thin alloy both sides uniform in thickness - its the best available today

we can get them for the 1932 to 53 Indian chiefs as well nothing is better
You can actually buy gaskets for early CB750 hondas with this tech.. Good stuff.
 
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