Thanks Lie. I will go to the plumbing section to see if I can find a temporal replacement. What I don't understand is why it has to be a plastic cap? I can't find any particular reason. What is the spec torque for this thing? Javier.
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Lie Njie < [email protected]> wrote: > I waited... ten... long... days... with... no... bike... for... > BikeBandit... to... deliver... the... "Don't Open" cap. > > It took a LOT of will power to torque it down to spec once I had it on the > bike, visions of another split were dancing through my head, but it torqued > down fine. > > I have no idea what kind of pressure builds up under the cap (it's plastic > after all) so maybe some cork or a bit of hardening putty might work, but > personally, I'd just go for the new cap. > > Peace, > +Lie > > > > On 11-05-26 08:21, Javier Garcia wrote: > >> Today I took my 96 750 to work. Got here and leave it on the side stand. I >> just went to the parking lot and most of the oil is on the floor. >> Apparently, my "don't open" cap, which I cracked like a year ago and fixed >> with super glue, has gave up and let the oil out. I touched and it just >> came >> apart. I am pretty sure no local shop will have it on stock, so I have to >> wait few days. In the meanwhile, does anybody knows what else can I use? >> like a generic cap of the same size... which size would that be? >> >> Lie, did you finally ordered yours or just super glued it? >> >> Javier. >> >> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 12:44 AM, Lie Njie< >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> have you called the local honda dealer? >>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> Guy on the phone at BikeBandit told me that the parts were at a >>> warehouse, >>> and wherever I got it from (online, dealer, etc) that the bike is so old >>> that it's *very* unlikely anyone would have it in stock, and I'd have to >>> wait for Honda to ship it to them, and then get it from them, and there's >>> no >>> close honda dealer that would be much faster than 2-day UPS. Honda is >>> the >>> bottleneck, and the ones charging absurd prices for OEM parts ($50 for a >>> fuel hose -- really???). >>> >>> Peace, >>> >>> +Lie >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
