Fuel Sender float confusion

[Guest]

According to the fiche, my bike takes part #34810-44901, fuel sender unit. Mine has given up the ghost and I saw one on ebay that looks identical to mine but has a different part number (34810-44900) - http://www.ebay.com/itm/SUZUKI-GS450...ec5e0b&vxp=mtr

According to the fiche, part #34810-44900 looks different than what is labeled in the ebay listing. 44900 looks to have a straighter arm and a more rectangular float.

I guess my question is did the seller goof up with the part number or am I confused?

[chuck hahn]

May be the one for the same model..but everytime Suzuki changed an aspect of something it was assigned a new "updated" part number.

Anyway, how do you know with certainty your is done? Ive repaired many and unless the coil on the rheostat board is rotted off, theres no such thing as toast!!

I would glady take a look at it for you if nothing else pans out, but that gonna involve mailing it to me and take up several days from your riding.

One thing to do to at least check the gauge is to put a jumper wire between the two leads that come off the harness and turn on the key..it should peg the gauge at the full or just above full mark. If the gauge doesn't move, you may have a good sending unit and a bad gauge instead.

[Tamara]

May be the one for the same model..but everytime Suzuki changed an aspect of something it was assigned a new "updated" part number.

Anyway, how do you know with certainty your is done? Ive repaired many and unless the coil on the rheostat board is rotted off, theres no such thing as toast!!

I would glady take a look at it for you if nothing else pans out, but that gonna involve mailing it to me and take up several days from your riding.

One thing to do to at least check the gauge is to put a jumper wire between the two leads that come off the harness and turn on the key..it should peg the gauge at the full or just above full mark. If the gauge doesn't move, you may have a good sending unit and a bad gauge instead.

I can hear the float bobbing around inside the tank . I don't know if the rod is still attached to it and it's just come loose from the rheostat. I'm going to run the gas out and pull it out to see how much of it is floating around.