Dutchwest 2460; Does inner top web need gasket?

[Woody Stover]

I'm replacing the bypass damper and gasket, and was wondering what was originally sealing between inner top and the inner top web (piece that allows for expansion around the bypass opening as the inner top heats up.) I just put some interam gasket in there last time to prevent firebox gasses from escaping past the cat, and it seems to have stayed in place pretty well although a small chunk fell out. I was just wondering how they prevented that originally. I realize that it's a long shot that anyone might know this, but figured I'd ask.
Maybe a couple pieces of flat gasket would work better than the interam gasket I stuffed in those gaps last time? As you can see, the new bypass gasket will go over the inner top web, and the expansion gaps along the sides of it.

Here's another thread where the OP asks about it, but it wasn't resolved there..

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Post in thread 'Dutchwest 2461 Inner Top Web and Baffle'

Jan 22, 2014

Has anyone tried using gasket cement to seal a gap between the inner top web and the inner top? I wonder if that space is my issue..and some air is going through that gap rather than through the cat

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