Make Your Own Gaskets

Printable gasket templates

The small capital outlay to make these will pay you back in money saved and lack of frustration.

• Gasket paper=Approx 0.8mm(3/64"?) If you use a conversion table, 0.8 mm may be closer to 1/32". 1/32"=0.0313"=0.7938mm. 3/64 is equal to 1.1906 mm.
• Cheap set of Leather punches(Metric or Imperial) off ebay.
• Melted down big fishing weight as a,"Last" to punch into.
• Boot Black polish stick or similar to mark parts so you can press the part onto the paper to make the template.

1. Clean the surface of the rear engine cover so it's dry and free of all debris/grease/oil etc.Light rub with Scotchbrite or 500 wet and dry to make a good surface for re-fit.Then wipe with some tissue.
2. Paint plenty of Liquid boot black onto the surface and quickly press the cover onto the paper and press down for say 10 seconds
3. Punch out holes areas with the punches into something soft like the lead I use or a bit of soft wood.
4. Use a small pair of curved blade scissors(Toe nail scissors<grin>) to cut out the rest.

TIP:Keep the centre piece of paper as it can be used for smaller gaskets like the Tacho drive.

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I have made quite a few gaskets from O'Reilly's paper. (You may have to ask for the wider paper, I got mine by the foot from a roll in the back.) I know this won't work in many cases, but when I opened my first engine up, I ordered OEM gaskets from Honda. I then traced 3 sets on the O'reilly paper. Trace the small ones inside the larger gaskets and you can get most of them in about a 18x18" sheet. Then use a punch as above, or even a hand held paper punch, and a Exacto knife to cut the gaskets. Only takes a couple of minutes to do each, and leave the rest rolled up and uncut. Here is another thread on making gaskets:

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Posted Yesterday, 02:30 PM Pricing out gaskets for the front and rear cases, and to save some coin, I want to just cut my own gaskets. What do you guys use? How thick? Part numbers if you have them...Where do you buy it? How much is it? Thanks! Rick - Cleveland, Ohio 1979 CX500 Custom

Posted Yesterday, 03:47 PM The gasket for the rear is a specific thickness, and if not used you'll end up with clearance issues. I am not sure of the exact thickness, though. The stator cover is no big deal. I don't think that the front cover is as critical, but I may be wrong on that.

Posted Yesterday, 06:53 PM I miced a genuine rear cover gasket at 0.8mm so use this paper to make all my CX gaskets.

Felpro Material, 18" x 36" x 1/32" (.03125") Thick...not exactly .03149" (.8mm) but close enough. $7.49 per roll.

Fel-Pro - Gasket Sheets Part # 3023

Karropak® 1/32" (18" x 36") Sheet, Pliable, Chemically-treated Fibrous Sheet Packing Designed for Use in Sealing Oil, Water, & Gasoline Applications.

O'Reilly Auto Parts Karropak Felpro Gasket Material 18" x 32" x 1/32"thk

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