Getting ready to replace internal anodes on Suzuki DF140A

[BlueWaveEd]

Getting ready to replace the internal anodes. Service manual says to cover the top of the bolt with Suzuki Silicone Seal 93691-80030. This stuff is about $35 for a small tube. What do you use? Is there an acceptable more economical substitute?

[Murray]

A while back a member had a post that detailed the “jobber” substitutions for Suzuki products. I can’t seem to find it buts it’s here somewhere.

[pfirmin]

I read the same thing in my manual, however when I removed them recently, there was none. Its a stainless bolt. I'm not really sure what the purpose of the silicone is. My anodes had 500hrs on them and were still at 75-80% complete. Maybe it to ensure the bolts dont back out and fall inside the water jacket.

[catacom225]

Permatex, three bond, or similar

[tnadeau]

When removing the anodes for servicing I noticed mine (250 hours) were pretty snug. They have not been checked since new. The manual says to use a jack bolt to pop them off. I started to use the 10M jack bolt but felt what I thought was a lot of resistance and no movement of the cover. I stopped and reinstalled the cover bolt. This is just a precautionary check/change of the anodes inside the motor so I am waiting to hear from someone who’s done this already to get some feedback on how they removed them.