help removing gaskets!

[DJ]

I have a friend thats trying to assemble his intake manifold and itb's back together on his rb26 , the problem is the old gasket are stuck on there real good.

We tried everything from sanding them out, wire brush wheel(sort of works but takes forever), gasket remover with a scraper and razor...

We don't know what else to do if anyone could give us some tips that would be great, thank you.

[bobbo]

There is a special nylon tool for removing gaskets that is used with a high speed pneumatic drill OR try soaking the material in a solvent for a little while to break the material down.

[mcfly]

Solvent is your friend.

Unfortunately there is no "easy" way to do this. Use caution with razors as they can catch and take a chunk of aluminum with them too.

[DJ]

i've noticed on another one that razors dig right into the aluminum.

What sort of solvent?

We've used the "gasket remover" can and it didnt do anything for us..