# RTV Silicone?

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rtv-silicone/17323>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [July 30, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rtv-silicone/17323 "2010-07-30T13:45:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![marlonmillamina](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/marlonmillamina/32/568_2.png) [@marlonmillamina](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/marlonmillamina)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rtv-silicone/17323/1 "2010-07-30T13:45:56Z")

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Is RTV silicone recommended for Yoyojam Legacy?  
And is there other better silicones out there?

Please tell me what you know…

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**Author:** ![Hardcore\_Max1986](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hardcore_max1986/32/288_2.png) [@Hardcore\_Max1986](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hardcore_Max1986)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rtv-silicone/17323/2 "2010-07-30T21:42:58Z")

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Any flowable silicone is fine for your legacy

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**Author:** ![Yummy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yummy/32/14065_2.png) [@Yummy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yummy)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rtv-silicone/17323/3 "2010-07-31T00:27:29Z")

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And gasket maker which is not flowable is also fine.

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**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rtv-silicone/17323/4 "2010-07-31T01:52:01Z")

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I prefer the gasket maker. Last longer and doesn’t grip like King Kong.

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**Author:** ![piggybrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@piggybrian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/piggybrian)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rtv-silicone/17323/5 "2010-07-31T16:55:07Z")

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GAsket masker at your local auto shop make sure RTV

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**Author:** ![x52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/3bc359/32.png) [@x52](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/x52)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rtv-silicone/17323/6 "2010-07-31T16:56:21Z")

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Don’t you have to make a recess to make it fit?

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**Author:** ![staten\_island\_man](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/staten_island_man/32/481_2.png) [@staten\_island\_man](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/staten_island_man)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rtv-silicone/17323/7 "2010-07-31T17:44:19Z")

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> [@x52](#):
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> Don’t you have to make a recess to make it fit?

you dont need to recess it there is already a pretty deep pad recess