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Today I installed a new rubber fuel line on my 78 gs1000c. It has a pivoting fuel pipe at the bottom of the carbs (which feeds all four) to which the rubber hose attaches. It is tight in there, especially with big hands, and the nipple likes to roll out of alignment making it tricky.
Here is how I improvised a tool to push the rubber line onto the fuel nipple:
Take a phiilips screwdriver with a shaft size which will allow it to fit inside the fuel line. A length that leaves an inch of hose unsupported is about right. You can adjust the depth and pressure by threading sockets on the screwdriver before it goes through the hose. The hose will compress a bit as you push on it.
You want it firmly supported, with enough empty end to fit the nipple.
You now have a rigid piece of fuel line, with an unsupported one inch end opposite the screwdriver handle. Take this, and from the top, push it down onto the fuel nipple. There are two or three "holes" usable from the top of the frame which will work. The fuel pipe will try to pivot-from the side, under the carbs, support it with another screwdriver so it won't move. The improvised tool gives you the extra hand.Leaving the fuel line a bit long will allow you to grab and twist it until it seats.
When it is on firmly, withdraw the screwdriver and drop a hose clamp down the fuel line, to clamp it to the nipple. Thread the fuel line under the frame, and lead it toward the petcock. Cut the line the appropriate length to make an unkinked graceful bend to the petcock.
This repair was made necessary because the plastic inline fuel filter I had fitted failed while I was riding. One of the little pipes broke. I hate the sudden smell of gas!
I will either not use an inline filter again-the petcock has one after all- or
I will only use steel bodied filters that are unlikely to fail. Simpler is better. This is a significant safety issue.
Here is how I improvised a tool to push the rubber line onto the fuel nipple:
Take a phiilips screwdriver with a shaft size which will allow it to fit inside the fuel line. A length that leaves an inch of hose unsupported is about right. You can adjust the depth and pressure by threading sockets on the screwdriver before it goes through the hose. The hose will compress a bit as you push on it.
You want it firmly supported, with enough empty end to fit the nipple.
You now have a rigid piece of fuel line, with an unsupported one inch end opposite the screwdriver handle. Take this, and from the top, push it down onto the fuel nipple. There are two or three "holes" usable from the top of the frame which will work. The fuel pipe will try to pivot-from the side, under the carbs, support it with another screwdriver so it won't move. The improvised tool gives you the extra hand.Leaving the fuel line a bit long will allow you to grab and twist it until it seats.
When it is on firmly, withdraw the screwdriver and drop a hose clamp down the fuel line, to clamp it to the nipple. Thread the fuel line under the frame, and lead it toward the petcock. Cut the line the appropriate length to make an unkinked graceful bend to the petcock.
This repair was made necessary because the plastic inline fuel filter I had fitted failed while I was riding. One of the little pipes broke. I hate the sudden smell of gas!
I will either not use an inline filter again-the petcock has one after all- or
I will only use steel bodied filters that are unlikely to fail. Simpler is better. This is a significant safety issue.
