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Thanks Randy... Went to get some silicone grease, but could only find things like silicone gasket sealer. It didn't look like what you had in mind. Maybe you can post me an actual product name that you have used successfully. Then there would be no mistake. Thanks!

peter

My CB 160 gas cock leaks. It was tight when I took over the bike... became intermittent... now seems to drip consistently when the cock is off. The leak is through the valve assy... the tank gasket it tight. Can't see anything wrong with anything in the disassembled valve / cock assy. Everything ...

Thanks for your technical approach, bikedoctor99...

It carries real weight that you have had success using this method on the extraction problem I am dealing with.

Appreciate your help.

Anyone else out there had experience with this mess..? I want to see it from as many angles as possible before ...

Thanks for the input Mike and Russ. I will be seriously weighing all suggestions.

Fortunately there is no big hurry to get it done, so I have time to be very cautious.

It would be great to hear from someone who once had this exact same problem... and how they went about solving it and with what ...

Thanks for your reply, Steve.

The design of this oil filter rotor buries the cap retainer screw inside the rotor barrel, Access is through the hole in the cap that receives the exterior oil filter cover (which has the oil flow ports). Drilling the ruined screw head for an easy-out is possible. But ...

Best forum I've come across for the CB160.

My recently acquired 1968 CB160 seems in generally beautiful shape. BUT... the philips slots of the screw fastening the oil filter cap have been destroyed. Can't get any purchase on them with my impact driver.

A very delicate and ornery situation, as you ...