Patent ID: 6883483

Claim:
A gasket for sealing a lower body of an engine to an upper body of the engine, the engine having a rocker member adapted to rock about an axis intermediate the rocker member and a pushrod, the rocker member located in the upper body, the pushrod extending from the lower body to the upper body and engaging an end of the rocker member, the gasket comprising: a sealing portion adapted to substantially seal at least a portion of the upper body to the lower body; a pushrod support portion extending outwardly from the sealing portion adapted to engage the pushrod, at least a portion of the pushrod support portion engaging the pushrod is constructed from a material that is softer than the material of the pushrod; and wherein the upper body comprises a rocker box and the lower body comprises a head and the sealing portion is adapted to substantially seal at least a portion of the rocker box to the head.