thunderace wrote:

Yakama wrote:Thanks guys, out of interest does anyone know who it was honda got to make the OEM stuff?

The same people who make the aftermarket kit that everyone slags off Vesrah

Ok I have done some more digging and I am not so sure that it was vesrah that made the OE gaskets. As far as I can find the o rings and valve seals were made by a firm called Arai and I suspect they also made the gaskets but cannot confirm this.

http://www.arai-net.com/english/about/

Yakama wrote:

thunderace wrote:

Yakama wrote:Thanks guys, out of interest does anyone know who it was honda got to make the OEM stuff?

The same people who make the aftermarket kit that everyone slags off Vesrah

Ok I have done some more digging and I am not so sure that it was vesrah that made the OE gaskets. As far as I can find the o rings and valve seals were made by a firm called Arai and I suspect they also made the gaskets but cannot confirm this.

http://www.arai-net.com/english/about/

Now you mention it i recalled reading arai on a oem gasket face ive had innthe passed and i remember ig die to the name arai as in the helmet (no relation i would assume)

Yakama wrote:

thunderace wrote:

Yakama wrote:Thanks guys, out of interest does anyone know who it was honda got to make the OEM stuff?

The same people who make the aftermarket kit that everyone slags off Vesrah

Ok I have done some more digging and I am not so sure that it was vesrah that made the OE gaskets. As far as I can find the o rings and valve seals were made by a firm called Arai and I suspect they also made the gaskets but cannot confirm this.

http://www.arai-net.com/english/about/

David silver have OEM gasket sets in stock?

Do you mean the infamous 'gasket set A' and 'B'? DSS list both for the 30 as temporarily out of stock, although I was under the impression they were discontinued. The 35 ones are listed as such. I also half expect that your question was rhetorical! However, I'm 99% sure you can get all the bits as individual items, save for I think one or two things such as the gasket that goes under the cover that sits on top of the cam cover with the breather hose connection.

NC30 fiche lists Arai for the o-rings, although the gaskets are anonymous....

Neosophist wrote:
David silver have OEM gasket sets in stock?

No they don't I bought the last set the other day as I saw they had a set in stock again

speedy231278 wrote:Do you mean the infamous 'gasket set A' and 'B'? DSS list both for the 30 as temporarily out of stock, although I was under the impression they were discontinued. The 35 ones are listed as such. I also half expect that your question was rhetorical! However, I'm 99% sure you can get all the bits as individual items, save for I think one or two things such as the gasket that goes under the cover that sits on top of the cam cover with the breather hose connection.

NC30 fiche lists Arai for the o-rings, although the gaskets are anonymous....

The problem with buying them all individually is it costs a fortune. From DS for two head gaskets and all the valve seals it was gonna be over £150 alone!

speedy231278 wrote:

iDemonix wrote:Is there even scope to approach a manufacturer about producing pattern ones if necessary?

What would be the point to this? No guarantee a manufacturer could make them any better than the other pattern manufacturers on the go right now!

Yakama wrote:The problem with buying them all individually is it costs a fortune. From DS for two head gaskets and all the valve seals it was gonna be over £150 alone!

Well, yes, that's very true. However, if you can't buy a set, what can you do other than pay through the nose, or use pattern? I find it slightly odd that they've nuked the NC35 sets but not the NC30. I expect that most of the bits are the same, but there must be odd differences or they'd have the same part number. Perhaps when I'm bored at work I'll take a look. Not that I have an engine to rebuild, but I guess you never know when such useless info actually becomes very useful....

Yakama wrote:

Neosophist wrote:
David silver have OEM gasket sets in stock?

No they don't I bought the last set the other day as I saw they had a set in stock again

You did aha!

I think they wre about 100 quid? the top end and 45 the bottom end quite cheap.

They had 5 I think last time I checked so somebodys been buying ...

A 061A1-MR8-405 £95 ex VAT
B 061B1-MR8-405 £45 ex VAT

Just the HGs are £57 ex!

Didn't something similar happen to DSS's last supplies of certain genuine RVF panels? No, it wasn't me who bought them, although I wish I had...