sx-r 700 head gasket mod

[1 bad bolt]

my little cousin has a 01 sx-r with slp pipes clutched and jetted ,with reeds. the sled was bought with this set up. how can we tell if this mod was done or how do u do this mod ? this is something new to both of us. any help and info would be a great help. i know sounds like a dumb question but im tryin to learn

 

[daman]

Read this..

 

[EricMichael]

look at the headgasket closely and see if there are 3 layers of headgasket, if there is, the mod hasn't been done. To do this mod with pipes, you'd only want to remove 1 layer of gasket. Take the heads off, drill out the rivet in each gasket, toss the middle layer, spray some high-temp gasket spray on both sides of the gaskets and torque the head back down. Check the ty tech section for the total procedure and torque specs.

 

[change_up]

Ya, you COULD drill out the little press rivet thing. I tried it and can't stand it... just don't have the patience. I just took some tin snips and cut the little "ear" thingy off where the rivet is located, takes 1/4 of the time. You might want to consider doing it this way if it hasn't been done already. And yes with pipes only take the middle layer out.

 

[xt700]

i used the bench grinder to grind the rivets down less chance of the bit grabbing and twisting the gasket to s***.
Pat

 

[1 bad bolt]

ok i will have to check it out on the weekend thanks for the useful info