How to: Gas tank removal

[DecepticonDon]

Originally Posted by dabird

I remove tank: loosen both front screws. remove rear bolt. stick rear bolt back in sleeve about an inch or so. lift up on bolt and pull. sleeve should come out. lift rear of tank high enough to insert short{10 inch} 2x4 sideway under rear of tank tab. there is now enough room to disconnect components. as for the fuel line the problem is the two tabs that need to be pushed in are not going in far enough. If you have help, push both tabs in with two small screwdrivers, while helper pulls on line. simple. now that every thing is disconnected remove the two front tank bolts that you loosened earlier , and lift tank off.

Not sure If I read your post of figured it out on my own, but it is MUCH easier to do it this way than to lift the front of the tank. by removing the pivot bolt entirely and leaving the two front bolts loose but in place, you can create more space for your hands to get to the connections under the tank.


Also the Hyperpro steering damper mount makes it impossible to lift the tank from the front without removing the steering head nut as shown here.



here is both a left and right side shot of the tank lifted from the rear.
Sorry for the one blurry pic. trying to hold a tank FULL of gas and operate the cell phone cam seemed to be a laborious task

[jardineD675]

Ok placing tank back on, is there anything specail u need to do to get fuel line full, and all air out of it, or does bike do it by itself?

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[DecepticonDon]

Nothing. it will prime when you key on/turn over the bike.

[grnpunkboy]

This helped alot just got the tank off and jumping into the bazzaz instal.. Thanks for the post


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