home made CVT gasket

[unknownsoldier]

After buyingmy scoot and reading this forum,I wanted to see my belt condition and number. I got my scoot May 2008, it was made June 2007.

When I took off the CVT cover, the gasket kind of fell apart like an old mummy (but not totally).

So I ordered a gasket from PARTSFORSCOOTERS, and decided to try and make one while waiting for it to arrive. I couldn't find any gasket material nearby, so I went to buy a piece of poaster paper from Long's drugstore.

By laying the paper onthe CVT cover and tapping (very carefully so as not to damage the cover)on the paper with a little hammer all around the cover, it left an indentation of where I needed to cut the paper. But the inside shapes of the gasket were made by having enough pieces of the old (mummified) gasket to copy the two circles with.

My gasket did not burn up or anything. when the ordered part came (and it was delivered in good time) I replaced it.

Thank you for your attention.......lol

[mortar235]

they also have a liquid gasket maker you can use. However many people say the gasket isn't even necessary

[pukame2]

Yep.
I don't have a gasket on mine too.
I've read that keeping the belt cool lends to its longer lasting.
The horror stories about the Kevlar belts melting has kept me with the Gates belt.

[90GTVert]

I don't use a gasket either. The venting systems on some CVT covers is more likely to let water in than lack of a gasket. There is no fluid in the CVT to keep inside, so no worries that way.

[earlwb]

When you think about it, you don't need a gasket. The air intake is sucking in stuff anyway, so the gasket is pretty much useless. I don't run a gasket on my scooters either.
But on some of the Honda style CF-Moto clone engines, they only use two bolts holding on the CVT cover, so the gasket helps prevent it from rattling and making noise.

[unknownsoldier]

Well, simplest is usually best, thanx guys.

[unknownsoldier]

I thought about this some more. It reminds me of when people used to defeat the gaskets in the old Volkswagon Beetles and resulted in changing the airflow from the OEM design - they then had to lift the compartment door for cooling. The Engineers had made specific airflow pathways so the air would flow over certain areas for maximum cooling, and removing the gaskets had changed the airflow patterns.

Could the CVT airflow patten be affected the same way in a way that could actually be less efficient? It seems to have a method to it's design (input, output, little airhose connected).
Just checking....anybody?

[mortar235]

Aug 11, 2008 21:16:33 GMT -5 unknownsoldier said:

I thought about this some more. It reminds me of when people used to defeat the gaskets in the old Volkswagon Beetles and resulted in changing the airflow from the OEM design - they then had to lift the compartment door for cooling. The Engineers had made specific airflow pathways so the air would flow over certain areas for maximum cooling, and removing the gaskets had changed the airflow patterns.

Could the CVT airflow patten be affected the same way in a way that could actually be less efficient? It seems to have a method to it's design (input, output, little airhose connected).
Just checking....anybody?

i doubt they thought that much about airflow, otherwise why would they stick a filter on the CVT that chokes off almost all flow?