Hello,

Does anyone here ever use aftermarket gaskets for their rebuilds? If so, what are they like, good or bad, or not worth the risk? Have had a look at the Suzuki valve seals and they are £5.97 each, that is nearly one-hundred quid for sixteen valve seals; bloody ridiculous! Is this what everyone pays for them or is there a cheaper alternative anywhere?

Cheers.

I always use the OE seals as the cheaper ones have a tendency to leak.
Its your call mate.

Cheers for the quick reply and I knew you were going to say that, as I knew it myself deep down. But bloody hell, Suzuki know it as well. I priced these valve seals up about four months back and they were £4.50 each, now they are £5.97. What has happened in that time for them to go up nearly £1.50 each?

Yh the seals are fkin expensive, :/ so are most the gaskets for the bike, cost me a bomb to get the head gasket,

Also, If you contact redcar suzuki through gsxrjunkies you get 10% of your order thats were i got mine from, think it came to £96

I have looked at the price of a OEM head gasket and it is priced at:

Head Gasket 11141-32C10 £30.61

Marsbar, who is 'gsxrjunkies' ?

Some of the gsxr 750's use 4mm seals, also zx6 and cbr6.
If you can find the sizes for these you may find a cheaper seal.

Variablevalves suck wrote:Some of the gsxr 750's use 4mm seals, also zx6 and cbr6.
If you can find the sizes for these you may find a cheaper seal.

ive got a handful of zzr600 seals in front of me as i just done full engine rebuild on the motor, 1993 model, there same as the zx6.

You find the seals are used across different makes/models as they standard sizes, say 4x7.5x10mm etc.

i dont really know were to measure with these things, 9.40mm OD 9mm height. bare in mint i am not very good with a micrometer and it is rubber :/

i after a Clutch cover gas kit for a GK76, any idea on price and place to get one before i try my local.

manny thanks Jon