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Originally Posted by buzzer
I have some three bond... my problem with using it is the gearbox and crank are shimmed to take account of a joint... I didn't want to disturb that... do you guys re shim?
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I remember when Andy, (Andy's Motorcycle Obsessions), rebuilt his 900 engine, he used Threebond instead of the OE gasket and re-shimmed the crankshaft to suit. You may find his video of the process interesting.
I like his alternative measurement method at 24:00, which is a lot more straightforward than the book method.
By the way, I thought that by 1998, Ducati were assembling the motors with Threebond rather than gaskets, even between the crankcases. But, presumably you found an old-style paper gasket in yours?
If you didn't want to re-shim, there are pattern gaskets out there from the likes of Athena and, I believe Stein-Dinse offer one too.