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bigborer 02-11-2020 07:26 AM

Rubber fuel lines refresh
 
Hello,

I want to replace the petcock diaphragm and all rubber fuel lines.

Could someone tell me the ID and OD of the lines? It seems that there are plenty sizes of rubber "fuel safe" lines at car part stores.

Thanks!

E.Marquez 02-11-2020 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by bigborer (Post 411512)
Hello,

I want to replace the petcock diaphragm and all rubber fuel lines.

Could someone tell me the ID and OD of the lines? It seems that there are plenty sizes of rubber "fuel safe" lines at car part stores.

Thanks!


Wicky 02-11-2020 01:20 PM

BULK HOSE PART NUMBER PATTERN

https://www.cmsnl.com/help/faq/14_honda/
Bolton Motorcycles - VTR1000F (FIRESTORM) 1997

The schema below should give a rough idea of the construction of fuel and vacuum hose part numbers. keywords: vacuum, bulk, hose


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sup...2e300ff443.png


Careful using straight replacement fuel hose as there's some some tight kinks just after the petcock connection, this can crack after a while causing fuel leak. OEM fuel hose comes kinky :-)

bigborer 02-11-2020 02:57 PM

Thank you for the replies!

@E.Marquez - do those sizes work without the quick connectors? Quick connectors would be nice but I take the hoses off so rarely that it would not justify the added hassle

@Wicky- I will inspect the existing hosing, although I think some of them have no printed codes. My bike is from '01, so the petcock is behind the tank hinge, so maybe the radii aren't that tight. I'm not expecting to find any specs regarding the minimum radius of straight lines so I will only know after fitting them if it will be an issue or not. Thanks for pointing this out though- I didn't think about it but regardless of durability, kinking past a threshold will restrict the flow.
It doesn't seem like the brightest idea but... has anyone tried to induce a permanent radius in a straight hose using a heat gun + bending the hose to shape?

E.Marquez 02-11-2020 05:18 PM


Originally Posted by bigborer (Post 411522)
Thank you for the replies!

@E.Marquez - do those sizes work without the quick connectors? Quick connectors would be nice but I take the hoses off so rarely that it would not justify the added hassle

Yes they do those hoses attache to everything normally attached to...they just have quick disconnects in the middle (give or take)


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