Fellow GTSer's:
I can't believe that I have to post this on the list ... but I need some help. I
can't get my #&$^%* gas cap off ... so my bike is unrideable. (Let a close friend
borrow it a few weeks ago ... and I suspect he twisted the s**t out of the cap trying
to get it off before he noticed that it simple takes a key to remove. *Sigh*)
Anyway, the gas cap has never been a problem to remove ... until now. In trying to
get the cap off, I've jacked around with the s.o.b. for hours.
Exasperated, I removed all of the body panels as well as the large fuel pump assembly
on the left side of the tank (as you sit on the bike). So, I have limited access from
inside the tank. I suspect that the problem is that the outer part of the gas cap is
not lining up with the inner part of the gas cap (the part the key goes into). So,
when I twist the outer part of the cap, the inner key part will move along with it to
a certain point, then the inner key part stops moving (while the outer part continues
to rotate).
I can line up (or orientate) the top or outer part of the gas cap easily enough. It's
the inner key part that I suspect is the problem.
Would someone please remove their gas cap for me and tell me where the outer notch is
supposed to be in relation to the gas tank? I.e., as I look at the bottom of the gas
cap (with a flash light from inside the tank), I can see that its round, but it has an
round sort of "inner notch" as well as a square sort of "outer notch." I'm guessing
that the square outer notch is supposed to be position toward the front of the bike
(i.e., the 12 o'clock position). Can some please verify that? (I have not be able to
get the square outer notch to move to the 12 o'clock position ... only to about 2
o'clock or 10 o'clock ... but if I knew that it had to be in the 12 o'clock position,
I would just try to force it up there somehow.)
Finally, I have been able to get the cap off about half way (with the key inserted,
and the two little prong things that retract when the key is turned ... which are in
the 2 o'clock and 8 o'clock positions). And when I do this, I can see that the little
prong things do, in fact, retract when I turn the key (which is why I can't figure out
what the **** is preventing the cap from coming off).
I'm ready to take a sawsall and cut the *$&@&#$# cap off (and I would have done so had
I not feared getting metal chips inside the tank). Before I do that, I wanted to see
if someone on the list has any ideas or thoughts. Thanks for any advice (and sorry to
burden the list about a gas cap question!)
Michael Cordon
'94 GTS
Danville, California
925-820-6833 ext. 114
