02-17-2019, 06:34 PM
I was "about ready" to start throwing wrenches, not actually ready.
Anyway, I stuck around and finished the job. Took me 4 more hours. 3 and a half of which were me struggling for just the right angle and just the right approach with just the right channel-locks (small and I had to purchase them specially for the job) for the clamps.
Regarding detaching the lines at the other end, that would have required disassembling the entire bike it appeared. There are four separate lines connected to the tank. The two problem-children were at the rear of the tank. Both had different hose clamps and one of them was just plain intentionally annoying it seems to me. Took forever to get off because it requires a special trick to get it undone using some Rube Goldberg combination of movements. Then you had to reverse the movements to get the thing latched back up, all with no space to work, and no slack in the lines. Patience usually wins out though, and it did in this case. Oh, and the two back hoses weren't vent hoses. They were actually fuel lines. I need to get the real service manual to understand the fuel system adequately. There's a petcock that is on the side of the tank and I presume that goes to the fuel pump. But somehow at least one of these other two lines at the rear of the tank feeds something. I found out the hard way when an intermediate failed attempt that slipped past my quality control procedure resulted in a "gusher" when I started the bike.
As annoying as it was, there is a special satisfaction associated with keeping at something until it's worked out. Ignorance of the fuel system notwithstanding, getting everything back in place the way it's supposed to be ended up in a success.
Before:
![[Image: a6ad9ff82285fa5055f2df452449578f.jpg]](https://cb1100forum.net/forum/uploads/imp/201902/a6ad9ff82285fa5055f2df452449578f.jpg)
After:
![[Image: d39c606020267c4aed852339868e3055.jpg]](https://cb1100forum.net/forum/uploads/imp/201902/d39c606020267c4aed852339868e3055.jpg)
![[Image: 1a659d3985cd0ec36d8dc4f04b127443.jpg]](https://cb1100forum.net/forum/uploads/imp/201902/1a659d3985cd0ec36d8dc4f04b127443.jpg)
Anyway, I stuck around and finished the job. Took me 4 more hours. 3 and a half of which were me struggling for just the right angle and just the right approach with just the right channel-locks (small and I had to purchase them specially for the job) for the clamps.
Regarding detaching the lines at the other end, that would have required disassembling the entire bike it appeared. There are four separate lines connected to the tank. The two problem-children were at the rear of the tank. Both had different hose clamps and one of them was just plain intentionally annoying it seems to me. Took forever to get off because it requires a special trick to get it undone using some Rube Goldberg combination of movements. Then you had to reverse the movements to get the thing latched back up, all with no space to work, and no slack in the lines. Patience usually wins out though, and it did in this case. Oh, and the two back hoses weren't vent hoses. They were actually fuel lines. I need to get the real service manual to understand the fuel system adequately. There's a petcock that is on the side of the tank and I presume that goes to the fuel pump. But somehow at least one of these other two lines at the rear of the tank feeds something. I found out the hard way when an intermediate failed attempt that slipped past my quality control procedure resulted in a "gusher" when I started the bike.
As annoying as it was, there is a special satisfaction associated with keeping at something until it's worked out. Ignorance of the fuel system notwithstanding, getting everything back in place the way it's supposed to be ended up in a success.
Before:
After: