MVTrucker@aol.com wrote:
> > be installed with gasket sealer
> Well, it works like this: You put the shellac or Permatex on and
> ruin the gasket the next time you take it apart. Me, well I just
> coat both surfaces with some chassis grease. I've been doing it this
> way for 50+ years without a problem.
I think the M44-series 2.5-ton manuals even say to do it that way. I
used chassis grease on a paper hub gasket on my deuce, as I recall,
and I doubt I would have done that if my books hadn't said to, since I
have about 49+ years less experience than some of our other esteemed
list members... :-)
I'm a bit surprised that Permatex ruins the gasket, though. A friend
of mine who's in the warbird crowd routinely uses this black goop
called Tite-Seal on aviation gaskets (it looks and feels exactly like
Permatex #2, but comes in a can), and he says he can often reuse
gaskets that would have to be scraped off otherwise. Maybe that only
works for thicker, stronger types of gaskets?
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