Bellhousing Gasket

[gearb0x]

G'day,

Im in the process of putting a JDM 4age bellhousing onto a T-18 T50 and i was just wondering about gaskets.

The bellhousing/gb gasket was toast and fell apart and i was just wondering if good old silicon would do the trick. Ive been caught out leaving gaskets out before on motorbikes (it wouldn't shift ;P) so I'm a bit weary about it these days. The old gasket isn't very thick so I'm not to sure there is much in it. I still have the gasket for under the slide tube which seems a bit thicker.

Any thoughts? or should just stop worrying about it and lather on the silicone

Phill

[pandaah]

you cant take the bellhousing off and make your own gasket with good ol gasket paper and a ball peen hammer?.... then use a light smear of master gasket and itll never leak...

might take a while but itll be worth the peace of mind

[gearb0x]

ive done that plenty of times for other things, just not sure if itll suit the gearbox since the old gasket was almost paper thin

I think ill just price up one at a dealer, if thats too much ill make one my self

[takai]

Goop is fine, used black RTV on mine.

[gearb0x]

cool, i thought it would be OK as the gasket is paper thin, the slide tube gasket is a bit thicker and id presume that would have been taken into account when the slide tube pulls up to the bearing, I have one of those intact though

[takai]

I used RTV on both, absolutely no issues with the T50.
W58s run a dry bellhousing joint.