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CB350/400 / fitting of the petrol tap
« on: August 06, 2010, 06:26:50 PM »
Hi everybody,
After going onto reserve the other day whilst out on my 400/4 it wasnt long before I was sitting at the side of the road awaiting the arrival of the RAC, the problem you see was fuel starvation...... Once the kind RAC man put in enough fresh petrol for me to return to the normal "on" posistion I was merrily on my way home.
Removing the petrol tap from the tank all became clear, the petrol strainer had broke off in the tank allowing all the crud to block the hole in the petrol tap when reserve was needed.....
A quick look on Dave Silver website and a brand new genuine part winged its way to me....
Easy I thought, five minutes down the line and I will be back on the road.. or so I thought.
Right, this is where you come in...... The replacement strainer wasnt a tight fit, in fact it was quite loose to be honest, the rubber washer that sits inside the big nut seemed oversize to me and didnt sit comfortably anywhere? anyway I fitted the strainer into the tap & tiny flimsy washer at the bottom with the 2 holes in it(it can only sit in one way as there is a cut out for it to sit in, I then put the big nut over the top and finally eased the washer into place inside the nut as per Haynes manual,this did seem to steady the strainer in its place somewhat, when I put it al back together it didnt leak anywhere and all seemed well again..... The bike ran fine for a road test of about 5 mile
My question is this. It just doesnt seem like a Mr honda fit to me, yes it all works fine but why wasnt the strainer
a tighter fit & also why is the sealing washer so big?
lastly, have I assembled it right or not??? It seems like I have as it all works ok
Regards
Marineboy
After going onto reserve the other day whilst out on my 400/4 it wasnt long before I was sitting at the side of the road awaiting the arrival of the RAC, the problem you see was fuel starvation...... Once the kind RAC man put in enough fresh petrol for me to return to the normal "on" posistion I was merrily on my way home.
Removing the petrol tap from the tank all became clear, the petrol strainer had broke off in the tank allowing all the crud to block the hole in the petrol tap when reserve was needed.....
A quick look on Dave Silver website and a brand new genuine part winged its way to me....
Easy I thought, five minutes down the line and I will be back on the road.. or so I thought.
Right, this is where you come in...... The replacement strainer wasnt a tight fit, in fact it was quite loose to be honest, the rubber washer that sits inside the big nut seemed oversize to me and didnt sit comfortably anywhere? anyway I fitted the strainer into the tap & tiny flimsy washer at the bottom with the 2 holes in it(it can only sit in one way as there is a cut out for it to sit in, I then put the big nut over the top and finally eased the washer into place inside the nut as per Haynes manual,this did seem to steady the strainer in its place somewhat, when I put it al back together it didnt leak anywhere and all seemed well again..... The bike ran fine for a road test of about 5 mile
My question is this. It just doesnt seem like a Mr honda fit to me, yes it all works fine but why wasnt the strainer
a tighter fit & also why is the sealing washer so big?
lastly, have I assembled it right or not??? It seems like I have as it all works okRegards
Marineboy
