Fuel door lock stuck
Cruiser
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 114
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From: Dallas
I just fixed mine!! After trying the things listed above, neither of which worked, I loosened the 2 screws holding the door to the hinge part. With the door still open, I pushed it down towards the tank & while holding pressure on it, tightened the screws back up. Works like a champ, for now anyway...
Looking at mine with the door closed, it (the door) is not quite centered in the console opening...it's slightly towards the front. I think when I get time, I'm just gonna enlarge the screw holes so I can center it better.
Looking at mine with the door closed, it (the door) is not quite centered in the console opening...it's slightly towards the front. I think when I get time, I'm just gonna enlarge the screw holes so I can center it better.
Road Captain
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 583
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From: Pittsburgh PA
After powder coating you have to file the paint build up off the strike, It'll work.
Road Captain
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 691
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From: Colorado
I have that, too. I noticed it during the walk through before I left with the new bike. It was sticking then, too, kind of. That centering issue I totally blame. Wth were they thinking letting it off the line that way? To someone like me who eyeballs alignment defects like that for a living, it sticks out like a sore thumb. I noticed it immediately.
Stage I
Joined: Jun 2020
Posts: 1
Likes: 0
From: Utah
Fuel door lock stuck
I just fixed mine!! After trying the things listed above, neither of which worked, I loosened the 2 screws holding the door to the hinge part. With the door still open, I pushed it down towards the tank & while holding pressure on it, tightened the screws back up. Works like a champ, for now anyway...
Looking at mine with the door closed, it (the door) is not quite centered in the console opening...it's slightly towards the front. I think when I get time, I'm just gonna enlarge the screw holes so I can center it better.
Looking at mine with the door closed, it (the door) is not quite centered in the console opening...it's slightly towards the front. I think when I get time, I'm just gonna enlarge the screw holes so I can center it better.
Tourer
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 298
Likes: 48
From: Carson City, NV
Rather funny you just revived a five year old thread and I just had the same problem.
Fixed it by bending the “tabs” that are the spring mechanism to pop it open. Bent them down a little and it opens right up now.
Fixed it by bending the “tabs” that are the spring mechanism to pop it open. Bent them down a little and it opens right up now.
Road Master
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 1,143
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From: Menifee, CA
Mine doesn't, and never has, opened with just a push of a finger. I like it this way. I must use a pointy end of something, such as the end of my house key, which is on the same small chain as my bike key. Push the little button ALL THE WAY DOWN with the pointy thing, release quickly, and it pops open every time. Again, I like it this way. It makes the thing much less likely to be opened by the un-brained, even if I leave it unlocked.
We got a lot of kids in my neighborhood, none of them smart enough to know how to open this.
We got a lot of kids in my neighborhood, none of them smart enough to know how to open this.
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