fuel tank cushions

[Philly_Chris]

Before i blow my cork at BikeBandit, I just want to verify I am in the right....

my bike ('82 gs850g) came to me w/o bolts holding the rear of the tank down. It only had the bottom cushions (rubber circle with a nub poking out in which a spacer goes).

I ordered the bolts and upper cushions from bikebandit and the cushions look just like the ones i have. from what i can tell in the schematic, the top should just be a flat , washer-like piece of rubber. I suppose i could razor them to some workable extent, but I'm *@%^$*@%^$*@%^$*@%^$ed that I got sent the wrong part(with the right part # on it incidentally)

should the top cushion just be flat? or I am I going nuts?

[Anonymous]

hmmm, I have a 1100GZ. The two tank cushions on mine are shaped like little top hats. The smaller portion points up into the slot in the tank flange and there is a metal spacer collar that slips into the cushion. Two bolts with a flat washer hold the tank flange against the frame.
GY

[Jay B]

On my 81 850 GL I have the 2 top hat type cushions then the tank flange and then 2 more 1/4 inch flat rubber bushings. Then the 10mm bolts with flat washers to hold it all in.

[Philly_Chris]

jay,

that sounds like the correct set up. the top cushions shoud be flat( and there should be four total cushions) from Gerry's post, it sounds like he has only 2 total. 1100 could be different i suppose. Well, I'm not going through the trouble of shipping them back, i'll just cut em to fit, but it annoys me that they are wrong. I mean I went through the trouble of getting OEM parts. I should have just bought a few rubber washers. Oh well live and learn