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Re: coolant hose chaffing



> 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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