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December 6, 2005
Unpleasant Surprises...
I've been sick lately, and it's been cold, so I haven't been riding the motorcycles to work lately. The other morning I noticed a small puddle of something petroleum based under the RS. When I got home from work tonight I decided to go start both bikes, just to exercise 'em.
The RS started right up, and I left it idling to warm up while I darted inside to grab the phone. When I returned, I saw a growing puddle under the bike, and quickly determined it was gasoline.
About 20 minutes later I'd pulled the rear body work off, lifted the tank and found the source of the leak. One of the two fuel feeds out of the fuel tank was loose and gas was leaking through it's threads.
Because of the shape of this particular part, and it's proximity to another feed coupling on the tank, I had to remove it's neighbor to remove it and re-tighten it from a different start position. (It's hard to explain without a picture, but trust me...)
I cleaned up most of the gasoline that had run down the back of the engine (what a mess) and turned my attention to the leak.
I knew there was a risk that the coupling I needed to remove might break - being plastic and all - so I applied what I thought was very gentle and consistent turning force with an appropriately sized crescent wrench.
Much to my chagrin, rather than turning in it's socket, the coupler snapped off.
Grumble, grumble.
So now I have to take the tank (complete with gasoline) to my local mechanic so he can get (and install) the replacement part.
I hate breaking things...
Posted by dberger at December 6, 2005 10:30 PM
Comments
Sorry to hear about that - that truly sucks.
Posted by: Scott at December 7, 2005 9:49 AM