go to your local yamaha dealer and request "yamabond". it is a black
sealant used to seal the engine case halves against leakage. i've been
using it for years and it is a superior sealant.
chuck.
it stopped chronic leakage in my harley!
-----Original Message-----
From Mike MacLean <macleans at earthlink.net>
To: spridget list <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, June 21, 2003 4:23 AM
Subject: NOS Gear Box
>No, not that kind of gear box! This is a gear reduction drive for the
>back of the generator to drive the tach on my Bugeye. I won an eBay
>auction for a few dollars more than a M*** reproduction from India for
>an NOS gear reduction drive! It came in a Smiths green box in oil
>paper. The box is dated 1 July 1971 on the bottom. Just as an
>interesting side note, I took the thing apart to pack it with grease and
>found a sticky rubber like sealant on the mating case surfaces. I guess
>you are just supposed to remove the lubricating screw and shoot some
>lube in through a syringe type injector. The sealant keeps the lube
>inside. I will have to find something to seal the case halves together
>again. BTW, the greae that was inside was in surpisingly good condition
>for being 32 years old.
>Mike MacLean
>60 Sprite
>56 BN2
>02 FLSTS
>00 F150
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