I think I have it! The filter comes with a small black spacer, which the tech at my local shop said fits into the filter then slides onto the intake tube. I removed that, slide the filter over, and, voila, it centers perfectly, slips right into the tank, and, best of all, NO LEAKS!! Woot!
As for the cap seal, my painter was a little sloppy with the lining material and/or the bondo within the edge of the raised lip around the opening. I carefully scraped and sanded out all that material and used a bit of scotchbrite to clean up and make sure that lip is flat and clean, so we'll see when I finally fill 'er up if I still have a problem with leakage. I sure hope not, cause it means stopping more frequently to gas up, and it harms the nice new paint. Anyhoo, thanks for the tips! Filter's in place, so off I go!!! Jim On Jun 27, 11:15 am, surfswab <[email protected]> wrote: > That's odd. > > I checked out an exploded view of the petcock for your model on the > Cheap Cycle Parts site before I responded. There were two versions > there, both of which showed intake tube/filter screen combos very > similar to the later model 750, which is why I mentioned the > similarity. > > Neither looks to be like the one you're describing. I'm wondering if > yours is stock, or if maybe an earlier/later version of the two at > that site. (?) > > If you plan to run without the screen-type filter, I'd suggest adding > an aftermarket in-line filter, especially since the tank has been > lined. Liner material has a rep for flaking off eventually, depending > on the type and quality of the material used. -- 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.
