Main fuel line fuel tap

rbaron25 · Post by **rbaron25** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 1:49 pm

If you didn't already know the main fuel line going into the fuel tap attaches to a little metal doohickey that pushes into the bottom of the fuel tap. You need to secure it with something. If you don't it might happen to fall out when your turning left onto Kingsford Smith Drive in the far lane with the light turning green.

.... Just a little tip......

Killerwhale · Post by **Killerwhale** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:29 pm

rbaron25 wrote:If you didn't already know the main fuel line going into the fuel tap attaches to a little metal doohickey that pushes into the bottom of the fuel tap. You need to secure it with something. If you don't it might happen to fall out when your turning left onto Kingsford Smith Drive in the far lane with the light turning green. .... Just a little tip......

IÂ´ve 3 taps and they are different...only my -98 one is "quick lock" the others are solid

trixynut · Post by **trixynut** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:19 pm

If you don't it might happen to fall out when your turning left onto Kingsford Smith Drive in the far lane with the light turning green. .... Just a little tip......

Why, do you know 'someone' that this might have happended to ???

Haha, cheers for the heads-up on that one buddy !!!

rbaron25 · Post by **rbaron25** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:21 am

Quick lock.... Quick get your bike to the side while it dumps 5 or 6 litres of fuel on the road and hope the dumb sh......t beside you doesn't flick his ciggy out the window.......

cobbadiggabuddyblooo · Post by **cobbadiggabuddyblooo** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 2:28 am

so how did you fix this???

Killerwhale · Post by **Killerwhale** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:10 am

cobbadiggabuddyblooo wrote:so how did you fix this???

When i used that tap i had a stripe on it for safety...

alextrx850 · Post by **alextrx850** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 11:33 am

cobbadiggabuddyblooo wrote:so how did you fix this???

rbaron25 · Post by **rbaron25** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 11:37 am

Excuse me Mr Whale, what's a stripe....

Fixed by swearing, pushing tap back in quickly... After got to side of the road.... Getting to nearest fuel station buying some heavy duty tape and pushing it in as far as it might possibly go then taped it up.... Go me mr mechanical fixit.... And yes it lasted till my test ride and till I got home.... must of checked and looked down every 100m.

Killerwhale · Post by **Killerwhale** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 1:50 pm

rbaron25 wrote:Excuse me Mr Whale, what's a stripe....

Fixed by swearing, pushing tap back in quickly... After got to side of the road.... Getting to nearest fuel station buying some heavy duty tape and pushing it in as far as it might possibly go then taped it up.... Go me mr mechanical fixit.... And yes it lasted till my test ride and till I got home.... Thoughts must of checked and looked down every 100m.

Cable tie in her majestys language

cobbadiggabuddyblooo · Post by **cobbadiggabuddyblooo** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:17 pm

always handy to carry a few cableties and gafftape under the rear seat

rbaron25 · Post by **rbaron25** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:45 pm

Thought cloth tape better for some weird panicky reason ... Had gaff tape under seat... Just put some stripes in there too now....

Post by **phuk72** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 5:28 pm

cobbadiggabuddyblooo wrote:always handy to carry a few cableties and gafftape under the rear seat

there's nothing you can't fix with that

xb9ruk · Post by **xb9ruk** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:27 pm

Just expanding on this string I had to take the tank off and the petrol continued to dribble out of the petrol pipr from yhe fuel tap so was obviously not turning off. Is there something I can fix by stripping it or what's the fix?
Cheers
Martin

fung · Post by **fung** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:30 pm

sounds like your vacuum diaphragm in the tap has failed.
ebay do rebuild kits, so have a look for them under TRX .
cheers
fung

Con Rod · Post by **Con Rod** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:34 am

It holds reasonably well but I put a smear of liquid gasket on mine........i am Irish so I did it ta be sure ta be sure

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