Tank Sprang a Leak While in Storage

[salty_monk]

It's too cold here to work in the shop, even with a space heater. Once I get a chance to pull it, I'll give it a good look inside and out to see how bad it is.

Has to be some benefits to living out here on the West Coast I did have to do the vents up on my Jacket when I went for a ride at the weekend though.....

[Griffin]

-2 degrees F here right now.

[argonsagas]

I have mentioned this on other threads, as I did this myself, and it was still holding up when I sold the bike.

Look into having the tank professionally re-lined at a radiator shop.
They will clean it thoroughly, coat it and give you a guarantee....

That was quite a while back, but for me the cost of doing it myself would have been about the same as they charged and, having had no experience with doing it, I may not have done as good a job as they did..

For me the deciding factor was not a fear of poor results but concerns about the toxic fumes that are generated when doing this work........The small difference it cost me was well worth it.

[alke46]

I have mentioned this on other threads, as I did this myself, and it was still holding up when I sold the bike.

Look into having the tank professionally re-lined at a radiator shop.
They will clean it thoroughly, coat it and give you a guarantee....

That was quite a while back, but for me the cost of doing it myself would have been about the same as they charged and, having had no experience with doing it, I may not have done as good a job as they did..

For me the deciding factor was not a fear of poor results but concerns about the toxic fumes that are generated when doing this work........The small difference it cost me was well worth it.

I will second this. I did the same with the tank off my GS1000 even though I had previously lined it. It was my 1st time of lining the tank and I didn't feel like it was as good as the shop could do it. Yes, I did have to paint the tank afterward but I was OK with that.

[Griffin]

Ron & Larry,

I did this once years ago, with a GS650E tank. Unfortunately that shop went out of business when the owner retired.

One of the guys who worked at it ended up at another local auto repair shop. He said there isn't near the business in radiator repair now as there was before. Most automobile radiators made nowadays are throwaway/replace if they start leaking.

Trucks and off road construction equipment is where most of the business is now, which is a lot smaller opportunity pool.

[argonsagas]

Apparently that guy was right, as there is not much in this line in your city, but Indianapolis appears to have some options.

Superpages offered info at this link: :

https://www.superpages.com/danville-in/radiators-industrial-rebuilding-service-and-repair