Base gasket leak

[DirtDiggler69]

I have a small base gasket leak , I've had it for awhile and It actually occurred after a top end rebuild. After I found it I retorqued the base nuts and still it leaks. I did the ghetto thing and cleaned it and put RTV black on it , but it still leaks. My question is can I just pull the cylinders , clean it up and install new gaskets plus yamabond on the surfaces ? Then reinstall? The bore is pretty new , barely a few hours of riding on a shitty 2:1 intake and 2:1 exhaust set up ( it plugged the spark arrestor at the dunes and I never had any power out of it. I imagine it would be fine to take it apart for the simple repair , but I'd hate to fuck it up if there's something I don't know about . I'll use all new gaskets of course , and is there a better base gasket to use for this issue?

[trickedcarbine]

Definitely a sound plan. Just check the surfaces for anything major. Make sure the studs aren't having issues either. What gaskets are you using?

[DirtDiggler69]

It was a gasket kit , can't remember the brand , the base gaskets are a fiber paper type. I used a copper spray on them , I'm thinking using yamabond would be better , now that I got the shed running good , I'd like to button it up and be proud to roll it out to the dunes again.

[trickedcarbine]

Nice, how's it looking these days?

[DirtDiggler69]

Looks a lot better from the saddle in 3rd gear going down my street angering the HOA !!!!!!

[DirtDiggler69]

I'll post up some pics tomorrow , i haven't been on the HQ in a long time , just getting back to it.