I have an old 2 stroke bike that I would like a copper head gasket made for. Can anyone recommend a good company pref in Auckland. Cheers.
sturmiearcher,
Jul 14, 5:39am
If you have the original copper gasket try annealing it which will soften it to bring back to close to original state. Heat cherry red evenly with gas being careful not to melt it, quench quickly in cold water. job done and ready to reuse after a bit of clean up of the carbon.
whqqsh,
Jul 14, 5:51am
Ive used Shuck before & they were pretty good
sr2,
Jul 14, 11:58am
Good advice; although you don't need to quench copper when annealing (as you do with ferrous metals), allowing it to cool slowly back to air temp will achieve the same result.
40wav,
Jul 14, 2:07pm
I used 'The Christchurch Gasket Company' some years ago and they made a really nice job. Not sure if they're still around!
realtrader1,
Jul 14, 4:14pm
It won't have to be copper.Go to a parts place or motor engineer and buy a piece of fibrous heat proof material suitable thickness and to suit a head gasket.Use some bearing blue or paint even to create the gasket shape or use the old gasket to scribe around.Carefully cut out, drill holes etc.
unclejake,
Jul 14, 4:18pm
Gaskets Unlimited in Kumue used to do my race headgaskets, but I don't know if they are still around
mopar63,
Jul 14, 4:23pm
Shuk engineeringadvertise int he petrol head or just take your old one into a cnc place and get it cut out in copper
alfred011,
Jul 24, 8:15pm
I have had shuk make a couple of gaskets and they are fast and dont charge an arm and a leg.
00quattro00,
Jul 24, 8:46pm
If you have an old gasket take it to someone with a laser or water jet and get a new one cut
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