1982 XJ1100j (YICS) head gasket needed...

[captrobb]

Anyone got one?

[stevestrom]

check parts n more

[captrobb]

they've got the full gasket kit for $105.00, I just need the head gasket if I can find one...I have the rest.

[captrobb]

I have a new xs1100 head gasket. Anyone can tell me whether or not I could use that head gasket and cut the portion for the YICS ports out of hi-temp gasket material?

[SFerinTEXAS]

Good time to do away with the YICS. Find a way to plug those ports. I would.

[captrobb]

Can I just leave a yics tool in there permanantly?

[CatatonicBug]

Can I just leave a yics tool in there permanantly?

Yes. That's how it was designed.

[Ken Talbot]

You wouldn't want to leave a real YICS tool in there as the rubber isolator bits would melt and whole thing would fall out. That would be quite a waste of money. You can leave the YICS eliminator device which is basically just a solid rod.

[CatatonicBug]

You wouldn't want to leave a real YICS tool in there as the rubber isolator bits would melt and whole thing would fall out. That would be quite a waste of money. You can leave the YICS eliminator device which is basically just a solid rod.

Sorry... I forgot that there are other tools besides the YICS eliminator. The eliminiator is definitely the way to go though. Simple and permanent.

[DGXSER]

Look for some post by TRBig, he has an XJ and found a different way to seal off those ports permanently. See post number nine in THIS thread. If the head is already off the bike, this seems like a fairly simple, effective way to eliminate the YICS.

[SFerinTEXAS]

Look for some post by TRBig, he has an XJ and found a different way to seal off those ports permanently. See post number nine in THIS thread. If the head is already off the bike, this seems like a fairly simple, effective way to eliminate the YICS.

Good find on that thread DG. That was what I had in mind.

[xsroadrunner]

Hey Bug dont know how you could forget that Yahman makes a YICS Eliminator Tool that you can permanently install...I have one and its really great.

[captrobb]

Hey Bug dont know how you could forget that Yahman makes a YICS Eliminator Tool that you can permanently install...I have one and its really great.

That's who I wound up buying from. But even with it installed, I'll still have to figure out a way to plug the head ports. A Gasket was my original problem and the Yahman tool doesn't solve that portion yet.
I saw in another thread and linked here as well about allen head set screws in the ports. Probably run that route for now.

[CatatonicBug]

Hey Bug dont know how you could forget that Yahman makes a YICS Eliminator Tool that you can permanently install...I have one and its really great.

No, that's the one I was referring to in the beginning. I had forgotten that there is ANOTHER tool that is meant to be removed.

[xsroadrunner]

No, that's the one I was referring to in the beginning. I had forgotten that there is ANOTHER tool that is meant to be removed.

Oh... sorry...