Ducati Monster 900 rebuild

[slob]

Check out https://www.stein-dinse.biz/eliste/i...?sid=ggg&lg=en

I’d use 3bond 1215 rather than paper gaskets
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Three-Bon...-/371382272148

[buzzer]

Originally Posted by slob

Check out https://www.stein-dinse.biz/eliste/i...?sid=ggg&lg=en

I’d use 3bond 1215 rather than paper gaskets
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Three-Bon...-/371382272148

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?

[Luddite]

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?

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.

[Luddite]

Originally Posted by Luddite

...he used Threebond instead of the OE gasket and re-shimmed the crankshaft to suit.

I suppose, to be accurate, I should have said "...shimmed to suit" rather than "..re-shimmed..." as it turned out his original shims were better matched to Threebond than to the OE gasket.