Athena gaskets

[clusby]

Anyone know where I can get just the head and base gasket from the athena 480 kit? I've only been able to find a complete top end rebuild kit which includes valve seats and other stuff I dont need.

Or will any other gaskets work?

[SeniorTaco]

I think you can find tusk or cometic gaskets for just the jug and base for a 98mm kit. I agree if most of your gaskets are new and have not been overtorqued you should be able to reuse them. I dont promote this method to people, but if you go this route and all others are in good condition you should come out ok.....

[cjc]

Originally Posted by clusby

Anyone know where I can get just the head and base gasket from the athena 480 kit? I've only been able to find a complete top end rebuild kit which includes valve seats and other stuff I dont need.

Or will any other gaskets work?

you can order then straight from Cometic ,thats where I get most of my gaskets from.

you can order just what you need ,they also have a wide range of head and base gasket sizes so you can dial in you quench height.

they have copper , stainless steel,aluminum ,fiber, and rubber coated steel base gaskets

Cometic Gasket

tel: (440) 354-0777
fax: (440) 354-0350

WWW.cometic.com

[thumpers4life]

I have heard that some people have issues lining up properly when using the Cometic gaskets with the athena jugs.

[AaronB]

You can't just slap a cosmetic gasket set on there..If you want just the gaskets ebay usually has them, if you use cosmetic then you will need 2 base gaskets because the Athena cylinder is shorter than a OEM cylinder...I will find u a link on ebay. And don't use Tusk head gaskets, they wont hold any kind or high compression.
Check out this item I found on eBay:

End time: Jul 13, 2012 4:49:03 PM

Item: YZ450F YFZ450F ATHENA GASKET KIT P400485060008 COMPLETE TOP END GASKET KIT

URL: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...d=320674768854

Alt URL: http://www.ebay.com/itm/YZ450F-YFZ45...-/320674768854

[AaronB]

Here is a Cosmetic 98mm set but you will need another base gasket.
Check out this item I found on eBay:

End time: Jun 22, 2012 5:29:58 PM

Item: 2004-2009 Yamaha YFZ450 * COMETIC 98mm TOP END GASKET KIT * MADE IN USA * C3068

URL: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...d=370598472871

Alt URL: 2004-2009 Yamaha YFZ450 * COMETIC 98mm TOP END GASKET KIT * MADE IN USA * C3068 | eBay

[bbiii]

Originally Posted by thumpers4life

I have heard that some people have issues lining up properly when using the Cometic gaskets with the athena jugs.

First time ive heard that, i just put one toghter using a Cometic kit and lined up perfect.