# Transmission pan gasket tips **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [January 16, 2019, 2:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission-pan-gasket-tips/132729 "2019-01-16T02:39:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 3:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission-pan-gasket-tips/132729/2 "2019-01-16T03:59:55Z")
This might be of help. > [@Problems with flimsy gaskets](https://community.cartalk.com/t/problems-with-flimsy-gaskets/93678): > > Sometimes I run into a little setback when doing diy’er auto repairs where a gasket is configured with narrow strips, and when it’s time to put the two pieces together and sandwich the gasket in between those strips tend to wiggle their way away from the narrow surfaces they are supposed to be gasket-ing. What’s a good way to hold this type of flimsy gasket in place, say affix it to one side of the metal parts you are bolting together first, so it won’t squirm free as you tighten the bolts ho… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission-pan-gasket-tips/132729)._