I have to ad that in the US there are well known aftermarket gaskets that are excellent for many applications but in my experience for the exhaust head gaskets and also the crossover gaskets on the Sportster the OEM parts are the very best
You can use just the exhaust headers flange and exhaust header retaining ring to drive the gasket into the pocket. Put the gasket on the hole, put the exhaust header retaining ring on top of it, put the exhaust header flange on top of it on the studs, put nuts on the studs and just drive all this sandwich with both nuts little little each side undil the gasket will seat almost flush in the pocket. Then remove the retaining ring, flip the exhaust header flange on opposite flat side with retaining ring and drive the gasket completely in with retaining ring resting on flat face of the flange same manner.
Hi, yes it does matter which way the gasket goes in, square end into cylinder head then the exhaust fits up to the tapper. If you’re going to do your own work I would definitely get a manual. They can be pricey but are well worth the investment. All the best, Chris
@@Bikervation great thank you so much for the reply. I couldn’t find it in my service manual. I went through the exhaust section and it did say to always install a new gasket but I do t think it mentioned which direction it goes. Maybe I missed.
Well Chris you are going to have to patent that sportster exhaust gasket drift ! what a brilliant problem solving solution , I love it . And what a completely daft interference thosr gaskets are, what on earth were HD thinking? ok not only HD , Suzuki have some similarly stupid exhaust gaskets too just further down the system but same problem..I've always had to buy four to get one to survive . Top job buddy 👍🏻☮❤
Hi Chris, this is brilliant! Would you share the measurments for the washers you've used, as I assume you've used metric parts. This would really help a rookie from mainland Europe. Many thanks and a top job! Dom
Hi, Thanks for watching, starting with the M8 bolt head the washers are: 40mm, 44 mm (thicker than normal), 40mm and last one 50mm, hope that helps, Chris
