Assembling the 2000

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I was wondering if I need any sealer on my gaskets in assembling the 2000, or if I need to put grease or oil on the crank bearings or anything else inside the crankcase?

[lesorubcheek]

This is one if those areas where different people have their own opinions, but personally, I do gaskets dry. Just make sure the surfaces are clean. There are exceptions like if you need a seal held in place while assembling, but can't think of this case for a 2000. I put a few drops of 2 stroke oil on all the bearings. I've heard discussions for both dry and wet pistons/rings. Some have said the rings will seal better if dry. I always dab a piece of clean paper with 2 stroke oil and wipe around the inside of the cylinder and around the piston. A few drops around the rings has always worked well for me.

Dan

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Feb 3, 2018 15:39:24 GMT -5 lesorubcheek said:

This is one if those areas where different people have their own opinions, but personally, I do gaskets dry. Just make sure the surfaces are clean. There are exceptions like if you need a seal held in place while assembling, but can't think of this case for a 2000. I put a few drops of 2 stroke oil on all the bearings. I've heard discussions for both dry and wet pistons/rings. Some have said the rings will seal better if dry. I always dab a piece of clean paper with 2 stroke oil and wipe around the inside of the cylinder and around the piston. A few drops around the rings has always worked well for me.

Dan

Should I use blue loctite on all the threads?

[lesorubcheek]

That's another one of those areas where everybody has their own opinion. I started using blue on just about everything after working on a 410 several years ago and having the starter bolts work loose. That was largely because the starter housing is plastic, so you can't torque 'em down the same as with all mag. I remember posting on AS and got into a pissing game with another member over the topic. Anyway, if all the threads are clean, on all magnesium parts, I'd say you'd be fine either way, but a little blue won't hurt and it's good insurance.

Dan

[sweepleader]

Loctite is good for normal stuff but they make special stuff for an all plastic joint. I don't know about metal screw in a plastic hole.

Both threads should be clean and dry, let it sit 24 hours before running the engine, it takes quite a while to come up to full strength. You can speed it up with their primer, it has copper in it to aid the reaction. It does not affect final strength.

[tjthechainsawmech]

Some of the surfaces on my 770gs were pitted so I used a light coating of high temp on the whole surface...and I mean LIGHT. lol Silicon is not fun to clean off.