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@dougie693
Subscriberon the new site can anyone tell me what brand gas cap that is on photo number 426, thats my bike the 2004 raider, last season the cap popped out while i was riding on the highway and was lost. I ordered the metal monsters one from stephen but thats not the right one. I then ordered the matt hotch one and that is also not the right one. I have tried several other caps with no luck. any help wolud be appreciated
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@venmc
AdministratorI have a new style we just made for the 04. I had a bike owner ship me his gas tank. This will most likely fit.
Send me the MH cap and Ill trade you for one of these.
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@dougie693
Subscriberyeah that pic is my bike. i sent the mh one back to him because it didnt fit. how much is the cost of that cap ? i had a local cnc shop make me one but the thread pitch is just a little off
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@dougie693
Subscriberanother gas cap popped out last night,,, 🙁 can you please re post the pictures of the ones you had made so i can figure out which cap it is again, remember last summer we shipped 3 caps back and forth to each other trying to figure out which one i had, its not the hotch one or even the metal monsters one
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@venmc
AdministratorHere is the one you need… (next to an original drilled out of a tank.)
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@dougie693
SubscriberI’m all about helping out to keep this going but this is the 3rd time that for no reason it has just popped out while riding down the highway and gave me a face full of fuel 🙁 and yes i have checked and cleaned the breather hose lol. lost the first one in the weeds on the side of the highway, bought a new one for 195 $ that one popped out last fall, I found it luckily but it was beat all to hell, and I had to have a new top machined for it. looked for the one that popped out last night for almost 2 hours with no luck 🙁 Im no penny pincher by far but I am a blue collar worker and almost 500 dollars between 2 caps and a new top is gettin a little crazy especially when it seems to be faulty caps not owner error, I have seen other posts from other owners experiencing same problems so its not just me. ***oh and this time when it popped out it put some really nice scratches in my gas tank right on the top dead center that you can see from across the room ***
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@venmc
AdministratorYou’ve got a tough decision to make. You can get another cap, make sure it has a rubber gasket and snug it down before you ride or you can cut out the bung, replace it with a stock bung and repaint the tank. Its no easy choice.
I’m trying to help by having the 4 styles of cap made for guys as they need them. Go to your local machine shop and have them make one they’ll cost you the same. I wish there were easier answers.
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@dougie693
Subscriberi’m gonna need to order that gas cap from you, how do you want to handle it, i am looking to get it asap
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@venmc
AdministratorI’ll send you a PayPal payment request. I can ship it tomorrow.
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@dougie693
Subscribergot the request at the right account,, sent the payment 🙂 hopefully this will be the last of my gas cap issues, as you asked 2x for shirts, if out of 2x 3x fit. thanks for now till i need more parts,,,,, lol
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@dougie693
Subscribergot the new cap today, thread pitch fine, cap circumfrence fine, gas cap height NOT EVEN CLOSE !!!!!!!!!!! how do you post pictures here, i took several to show you what i mean. with the cap snug in the tank the top part that you push down and turn is completely above the opening. when in the lockdown position its 5/16 of an inch above the top of the tank
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@venmc
AdministratorHow many rotations are you getting before it stops turning?
Will a flat gasket vs. the O ring make up the difference to set it flush?
If we need to I’ll have the machine shop turn down the base. I thought that was the same style cap you got before.
To upload pictures, at the bottom of the posting box there is a Select image file to attach. Click browse and select the image from your computer. The max image size is 1024 pixels so you may have to lower the resolution on your camera to medium if you images are too big.
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@dougie693
Subscriberi’m getting 1 1/4 full turns out of the cap before it stops, the o ring makes no difference at all, its not even getting that far into the tank before it stops. it seems like the threads towards the top of the cap are wrong ? . i found just the threaded part from the last cap that popped out on the side of the highway. i get almost 2 1/2 to 3 full turns out of that one and it sits much deeper in the tank when its screwed in. p.s thank you very much for the other item 🙂 much appreciated
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@venmc
AdministratorE-mail me a photo of the old base and let take a look at it (if possible with the new one next to it.
I thought this was the one you got before but its hard to keep track. We’ll get to the bottom of it. (You and I ship more stuff back and forth you should move to CA.) 🙂
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@dougie693
Subscribermailed out the new cap this morning along with the base of the old cap, the new cap is in the bubble wrap, the old base is inside the mailer. just letting you know so you dont accidentally miss the old base and discard it. thanks again for your help
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