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Re: coolant hose chaffing
- Subject: Re: coolant hose chaffing
- From: "Paul Steinbacher" <psteinbacher@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 19:29:57 -0700
> At 04:55 PM 07/21/1999 -0500, David Arnett wrote:
> >On the left hand side of the bike, look through the cooling air outlet
of
> >the fairing and you will find a cooling water hose that runs near the
> >engine. On mine I noticed that the hose has been chaffing (from
expansion
> >and contraction) on one of the engine mounting fasteners. I inspected
the
> >hose and found a small amount wear on it at that point. BAD!! Potential
> >Failure Point!!! To remediate the problem before it occured, I cut a
piece
>
> David,
>
> I just checked mine and while it sits on a bolt, I could find no wear on
> the hose where it makes contact (although the hose has a depression around
> the bolt). I would be interested to see how many others find wear at that
> point. But as you suggested, I added a thin piece of rubber there for a
> little added protection. Couldn't hurt ..... thanks for the tip
>
> - Eric
>
I noticed mine has this same contact point also. Depression, no hole or
leaking, probably bears looking at on a semi-regular basis.
Paul & Dee Steinbacher
1999 Sprint ST
1997 Buell M2
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