Quote Originally Posted by Don Cavey View Post
...I had never heard of pounding out a gasket with a ball peen hammer until I saw it done on the road, in convoy in Colorado in 1969! So, yes, they did do it that way.
My dad, who owned a motorcycle shop for a time in the '70's, had a small ball peen hammer that I was absolutely NOT allowed to use for anything because it was his gasket hammer. Later, when I was trying to fix Fiats & Alfas, he showed me how to use it properly, and I learned the method was much more effective than scissors and a paper punch.