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Removing those gas tank bolts
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Sun Oct 11, 2015 8:12 pmby samandkimberly
...just working on my new-to me bone stock Skorpion with 1,500 miles on it (:-)) and I had the classic spinning gas tank bolts. On a whim I popped a 10mm socket on my 1/2" drive impact wrench and gave them a spin....they unscrewed off without a problem. I think the impact vibration helped them free up, but all I really know is they weren't coming off w/out the wrench and they popped off like nothing with it.
Sam
Re: Removing those gas tank bolts
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Mon Oct 12, 2015 6:18 amby basser23
Good find Sam,now to resecure so ya don't need an impact driver.....
Re: Removing those gas tank bolts
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Tue Oct 20, 2015 6:12 amby phoenix76rb
Had one come out with no issue, the other would not come out at all. Resorted to removing the tank with the tank mounting strap still attached. Fiddly. But got the job done. What are there, swaged inserts n the tank that have come loose?
Re: Removing those gas tank bolts
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Tue Oct 20, 2015 8:16 amby droy
yes - the inserts spin. there was discussion (Bill out of Germany) several years ago about drilling in small set screws to keep them from spinning. Not sure if anyone else tried.
Re: Removing those gas tank bolts
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Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:00 pmby WaiNYC
Curious.... aren't those spinning gas tank bolts a great source for gas leakage?
Re: Removing those gas tank bolts
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Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:43 pmby droy
No - there's plenty of material between the hole and the tank interior.
Doug in NJ