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Title: stator side gasket?
Post by: ID_DUC_MON on June 13, 2010, 03:56:20 AM
Had to pull the stator cover off last year to replace the starter and have been fighting an oil leak ever since. I have tried the gasket goop with no luck. Ducati no longer makes a gasket. Does anyone know of an aftermarket producer?
Title: Re: stator side gasket?
Post by: ducpainter on June 13, 2010, 04:18:42 AM
Quote from: ID_DUC_MON on June 13, 2010, 03:56:20 AM
Had to pull the stator cover off last year to replace the starter and have been fighting an oil leak ever since. I have tried the gasket goop with no luck. Ducati no longer makes a gasket. Does anyone know of an aftermarket producer?
ca-cycleworks sells a gasket.

On FI bikes you have to re-shim the ignition pick up.
Title: Re: stator side gasket?
Post by: ID_DUC_MON on June 13, 2010, 04:31:35 AM
Quote from: ducpainter on June 13, 2010, 04:18:42 AM
ca-cycleworks sells a gasket.

On FI bikes you have to re-shim the ignition pick up.

I will check them out, BTW, 97 carbie M900. Aren't you the guy I bought the wheels from via Jeff?
Title: Re: stator side gasket?
Post by: ducpainter on June 13, 2010, 04:37:12 AM
Quote from: ID_DUC_MON on June 13, 2010, 04:31:35 AM
I will check them out, BTW, 97 carbie M900. Aren't you the guy I bought the wheels from via Jeff?
I was involved.

The wheels belonged to a friend.

I don't think you need to do anything else on a carbie.
Title: Re: stator side gasket?
Post by: Ddan on June 13, 2010, 06:31:35 AM
FWIW, I used the gasket on my '92 SS and had no problems with leaking, but it tore all to hell the next time I took the cover off.  I probably didn't clean the mating surfaces well enough or something when I installed the gasket, but you may want to have a spare on hand the next time you take the cover off.
Title: Re: stator side gasket?
Post by: booger on June 13, 2010, 07:53:20 AM
Quote from: Dan on June 13, 2010, 06:31:35 AM
FWIW, I used the gasket on my '92 SS and had no problems with leaking, but it tore all to hell the next time I took the cover off.  I probably didn't clean the mating surfaces well enough or something when I installed the gasket, but you may want to have a spare on hand the next time you take the cover off.

Massage a little grease into it and be sure the mating surfaces are clean and you might be able to reuse.

Quote from: ducpainter on June 13, 2010, 04:18:42 AM
ca-cycleworks sells a gasket.

On FI bikes you have to re-shim the ignition pick up.

Lapping the shim or buying another one that's thinner by approximately the same dimension as the gasket should work.
Title: Re: stator side gasket?
Post by: DucHead on June 13, 2010, 09:33:08 AM
Ducpainter turned me on to Hylomar gasket dressing.  It is non-setting and makes fiber gaskets resuable.  I proved this when I had to re-remove  :P  my clutch-side case cover.