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Main fuel line fuel tap
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 1:49 pm
by rbaron25
Re: Main fuel line fuel tap
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:29 pm
by Killerwhale
I´ve 3 taps and they are different...only my -98 one is "quick lock" the others are solid
Re: Main fuel line fuel tap
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:19 pm
by trixynut
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 !!!
Re: Main fuel line fuel tap
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:21 am
by rbaron25
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.......
Re: Main fuel line fuel tap
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 2:28 am
by cobbadiggabuddyblooo
so how did you fix this???
Re: Main fuel line fuel tap
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:10 am
by Killerwhale
cobbadiggabuddyblooo wrote:so how did you fix this???
When i used that tap i had a stripe on it for safety...
Re: Main fuel line fuel tap
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 11:33 am
by alextrx850
cobbadiggabuddyblooo wrote:so how did you fix this???
Re: Main fuel line fuel tap
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 11:37 am
by rbaron25
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.
Re: Main fuel line fuel tap
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 1:50 pm
by Killerwhale
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
Re: Main fuel line fuel tap
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:17 pm
by cobbadiggabuddyblooo
always handy to carry a few cableties and gafftape under the rear seat
Re: Main fuel line fuel tap
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:45 pm
by rbaron25
Thought cloth tape better for some weird panicky reason ... Had gaff tape under seat... Just put some stripes in there too now....
Re: Main fuel line fuel tap
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 5:28 pm
by phuk72
cobbadiggabuddyblooo wrote:always handy to carry a few cableties and gafftape under the rear seat
there's nothing you can't fix with that
Re: Main fuel line fuel tap
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:27 pm
by xb9ruk
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
Re: Main fuel line fuel tap
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:30 pm
by fung
sounds like your vacuum diaphragm in the tap has failed.
ebay do rebuild kits, so have a look for them under TRX .
cheers
fung
Re: Main fuel line fuel tap
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:34 am
by Con Rod
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
