Issues with tank lift?
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Issues with tank lift?
Hey guys, ever since I saw pics of lifted tanks on the SB, I really liked it. I was over by the local stealership talking with the parts guy about a couple of mods I was planning on doing, and i mentioned doing a tank lift. As soon as I said that, he said "DON'T DO IT!" When I asked why, he told me about a guy that had a tank lift on his bike and after XXXX miles his tank cracked. A lot of money later, he got a new tank and lifted it again. XXX miles later his tank cracked again and was out a lot of money again. This pretty much trashed my idea of raising my tank ever again. Has anyone heard of this or is he blowin smoke? I know a lot of guys on here have done it, im just leary of the idea of buying a new tank. Thanks for the input.
-Livn
-Livn
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That's gotta be bull$hit. How could the tank crack? All the lift does is move the front mounting point up, was the guy's tank made out of plastic?? I say do it. I just ordered mine yesterday, hopefully no more scraping the hell outta my hand when I'm cleaning the rocker covers.
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I'm one of them! Don't sweat it, the lift will not hurt anything.
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The lift does cause my tank to vibrate more (and yes my front & rear mounts are white knuckle tight). The only way I can think that this crack would occur (providing the parts guy is not full of sh*t is at the welds where the mount flanges connect to the tank body at the front of the tank. But even then I'm skeptical that it happened to TWO tanks. I call BS. I have jackyls kit and love it.
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I remember hearing a similar story on this forum, has something to do with the quality of the lift causing the mounting ears on the tank to crack at the welds. Was about a year ago, but I did read it here somewhere.
That said, I have had the lift on mine for over a year, no problems. Like anything, you install it or build it wrong and you can have problems.
That said, I have had the lift on mine for over a year, no problems. Like anything, you install it or build it wrong and you can have problems.
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Hey guys, ever since I saw pics of lifted tanks on the SB, I really liked it. I was over by the local stealership talking with the parts guy about a couple of mods I was planning on doing, and i mentioned doing a tank lift. As soon as I said that, he said "DON'T DO IT!" When I asked why, he told me about a guy that had a tank lift on his bike and after XXXX miles his tank cracked. A lot of money later, he got a new tank and lifted it again. XXX miles later his tank cracked again and was out a lot of money again. This pretty much trashed my idea of raising my tank ever again. Has anyone heard of this or is he blowin smoke? I know a lot of guys on here have done it, im just leary of the idea of buying a new tank. Thanks for the input.
-Livn
-Livn
Last edited by jackyl; Mar 2, 2010 at 03:44 PM.
