Timing Cover Gasket Replacement

You do have to pull the balancer. Other than that the only problem I've seen is sometimes the aluminum timing cover gets corroded and pitted. I've used RTV, shellac, and copper coat all with good results. If the timing cover is pitted I use RTV because it fills in pitting better. I also put a little pipe dope on the bolts that go into the water jacket just to make sure nothing leaks.