RE: [Chrysler300] tranny pan gskt dry or w/sealant??

[Bill Huff <czbill@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I have taken to using a very thin coat of silicon gasket maker on 
each side of the gasket.  There is virtually no way any sealant could 
be squeezed out, there is just enough to fill the porosities in a 
cork gasket.  The fiber gaskets I do the same.

It seemed to me that when I used grease for retention, the gasket 
squeezed out unduly when torqued to spec.

Bill Huff



At 9/17/200907:06 PM, Richard Barber wrote:
>
>
>Agreed! I lost a Jeep transfer case after the built in lube pump strainer
>got plugged with sealant that was used by the previous rebuilder.
>
>C-300'ly
>Rich Barber
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: 
><mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com>Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>[mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>Behalf Of John
>Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 11:36 AM
>To: Chrysler 300 Club Intl
>Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] tranny pan gskt dry or w/sealant??
>
>I use a light schmear of fresh wheel bearing grease on the mating surface of
>the pan itself, just enough to hold the gasket in place to it during
>assembly. It doesn't act as a sealant, just an aid to assembly when you're
>under the car. Never had a problem doing so.
>
>I'm sure many careful folks have used sealant over the years without a
>problem, but an ol' tranny guy warned me years ago about using a sealant on
>the pan gasket. Any lump of dried sealant getting into the transmission
>might cause havoc later on, and won't dissolve and dissipate like a
>minuscule amount of new grease will.
>
>John Spiers
>Lake Worth, Florida
>
>


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