I'm assisting a chum who took to the countryside on his Tiger last week-end. As a result, the right-side crankcase end cover is, shall we say, past its best and needs replacing. Once a new cover and gasket(s) are on hand, should a jointing compound be used? I've suggested a thin film of Hylomar, but it looks as though there was nothing used at the factory. What's the recommendation? Mr Hayne's publication just says "use a new gasket" - Hah! :?:
You can use something like Loctite 5920. I use it all the time (that's all that's keeping the oil in on my Blackbird alternator cover as I didn't have a gasket at the time and didn't get round to re-doing it when I got home). I don't have any probs with disassembly afterwards - it comes apart ok and is easy to peel off, unlike some products I can think of.....
When I got my '01 it had a slight leak from under the valve cover. After checking the valves I used a very, very thin layer of permatex with the gasket and no more leaks :D .
good luck,
I recently replaced the alternator cover on my 2005 due to a crack that was dripping oil. I didn't use anything other than the new gasket. No problems after about 4000 miles.