gas cap lid maintenance...

[hubcapsc]

The lid over my gas cap that is supposed to pop up with the
key down in the left radiator cover has been less than poppy lately.

The last time I got gas, I was afraid I wouldn't be able to get it open
even.

EDIT: looking at the mechanism, it is probably the case that if the key
is turned, and if you can somehow pry up the non-popping lid, it would
probably be safe... before I really knew what it looked like inside there,
when I was sitting at the gas station almost out of gas, I was contemplating
what would happen if I held the key and pried the lid up... break the lid?
walk home? ... anywho, it probably won't break anything to hold the
key and pry the lid if your lid mechanism ever becomes gummed up
like this...

So I looked behind the radiator cover, everything seemed OK there.

Then I took off the lid and the bezel and stuff so I could look at that
end of the cable. The mechanism was glommed up with the white
grease Honda put on it, plus some dirt I've added over the
last couple of years...



I cleaned it up real good, and put (not glommed) a light coating of that
good belray blue grease on the mechanism... it is real poppy now  

-Mike

[hungryeye]

Poppy...you may have just coined a term to be used in motorcycle discussions for the next 100 yrs, like the infamous "doohickey" on the Kawasaki KLR 650.

[Moofner]

I'll keep an eye out for this and make sure stuff doesn't get all glimmer up!

[CajunRider]

Poppy...you may have just coined a term to be used in motorcycle discussions for the next 100 yrs, like the infamous "doohickey" on the Kawasaki KLR 650.

 

Have you ever changed a "doohickey"?  It is darn near a perfect explanation of the part.    

And you are probably correct... I'm gonna use "poppy" to describe opening the glove box on my Wing from now on.   

Oh, while we're on the subject.... the infamous Doohicky!!!

[hungryeye]

I've changed a few doohicies  and still have the tools

[dans2014]

  I seem to have more trouble with thing-a-ma-jigs than doohickeys in my garage

[goldstar903]

Thing-a-ma-bobs are the worst! 

[bscrive]

Noooooo.....the absolute worst is when you are trying to get at that whatcha-ma-call-it.   

[goldstar903]

Noooooo.....the absolute worst is when you are trying to get at that whatcha-ma-call-it.

We are too funny! 

[postoak]

That photo gives a good shot of what things must look like down below.   But something must unlock the upper dark gray plastic piece when the key is turned.  It looks to me like where that piece and the lighter gray plastic piece below it come in contact that there has been some damage so that when the key is turned the lower piece doesn't do a good job of releasing the upper piece.

[Robert]

If you take a touch of black or clear silicon and put it where those rubber cushions are and let it dry overnight it should take care of the problem. Been there done that.