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RE: [ST] Fuel Connector Recall
- Subject: RE: [ST] Fuel Connector Recall
- From: Martin Waltman <marty_rw@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 08:54:55 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks for the pick me info. :)......squirting fuel
connectors.
My dealer told me they were metal. I didn't look too
long at them myself.
- --- "Heyer, Matthew A." <mheyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I won't attest to "knowing for sure", but I was
> BSing with one of the
> Triumph mechanics that I ride with and he was doing
> one of these
> replacements. The new part looked like a very dull
> aluminum, but felt more
> like a hard plastic. It was light and plastic-y in
> feel, but looked like a
> faded gray of metal. So I don't know...
>
> On another note, he said that whoever is making
> these new parts has poor
> quality control of tolerances in their manufacturing
> as only about 2 or 3
> out of every 10 would fit properly. He has
> installed a bunch that don't sit
> and seal well, and thus shoot fuel out the bike when
> the bike is turned on.
>
>
> For what it's worth...
>
>
> Matt Heyer
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ashby,
> Andrew
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 10:30 AM
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; hbgrat@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ST] Fuel Connector Recall
>
> Has anyone had this done yet?
>
> I just off the phone with a dealer here in PA who
> said that the recall
> replacement parts were aluminum?
> Interesting because I thought I'd read hear that
> they were going to be just
> beefed up plastic.
>
> Andrew
>
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