crankcase sealing

[teton]

is there any substitute for yamabond thats any good, is hondabond good, I want to try and get my motor back together this weekend so does anyone know of a place I can get something locally

 

[Boris]

A few alternatives in this thread.
http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/5265&highlight=yamabond

 

[Shifty]

I think any type of anaerobic sealer will work well. Just clean the mating surfaces well.

 

[750SX]

anerobic sealer or Permatex Motoseal

 

[teton]

thanks guys im going to use hondabond......lemme know if thats good

 

[750SX]

i think hondabond 4 is the same as yamabond 4. Idk for sure. Search it, Chuck was talking about it a few days ago.

 

[The Penguin]

what about Hylomar?

http://www.hylomar-usa.com/

 

[SuperJETT]

what about Hylomar?

http://www.hylomar-usa.com/

No! Gas breaks it down. I ended up with very slight air leaks when I used it on my cases.

 

[The Penguin]

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

it says it is resitant to fuel. Maybe you didn't use it right. oke:

 

[SuperJETT]

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

it says it is resitant to fuel. Maybe you didn't use it right. oke:

Resistant, not impervious.

The only thing I can figure is I was using the Permatex version and it was a different formulation.

I still use hylomar on other stuff, just not the cases.

 

[The Penguin]

hmmmm, someone suggested I use it - and it was significantly more expensive than Permatex (like twice the price)

 

[750SX]

what kind of permatex did you use superjett?

 

[kevbo]

Halomar stays soft and needs a flatter surface than you typically get with a crankcase. Loctite 515 or 518 works good, 515 is recommended for aircraft engine cases. The newer Permatex Ultra RTV also works good if applied sparingly and assymbled fast.

 

[SuperJETT]

what kind of permatex did you use superjett?

Permatex Hylomar HPF, they licensed the formulation.

 

[crammit442]

The bottom line (IMO) is that nothing on the market can compete with the bonding and sealing characteristics of ThreeBond 1211. It's just the best product available currently. It's a little pricey, but a tube will seal about a million engines. All the others work ok in certain situations, but can fail and leak if you have any gaps. It also works awesome for sealing threads, gaskets, gluing crank seals, and about anything else that happens to ail you.

 

[SuperjetSteve]

http://www.acehardware.com/product/...rmatex&parentPage=search&searchId=27921103203

Will this work?

 

[Kennay]

No. That's regular RTV. Just buy the threebond like Crammit mentioned above, it's really not that expensive.

 

[SuperjetSteve]

Where can i buy it, it want it today!

 

[D Slicker]

The bottom line (IMO) is that nothing on the market can compete with the bonding and sealing characteristics of ThreeBond 1211. It's just the best product available currently. It's a little pricey, but a tube will seal about a million engines. All the others work ok in certain situations, but can fail and leak if you have any gaps. It also works awesome for sealing threads, gaskets, gluing crank seals, and about anything else that happens to ail you.

I have used it on 3 engines with no issues yet.

 

[sflsurfrider]

why use anything other than the readily available, industry standard - 1211?