2012 FLSTC Gas Cap Issue

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May 19, 2016 | 07:02 PM

Phil_R

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2012 FLSTC Gas Cap Issue

OK....I have had Harleys before and never had this type of trouble. I can't get the gas cap off.... What is the trick if there is one to getting the gas cap off a Heritage. I can screw it closed and it clicks however when I unscrew it to where it stops, it does not come off, and I am pulling up pretty hard. Is this a test, if so I _____'ing failed.....

Help....
Phil

May 19, 2016 | 07:55 PM

Phil_R

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Never Mind.....I figured it out....What a idiot I am sometimes!

Excuse me please while I go bang my empty head against the wall in the corner. I hope the pointy hat doesn't fall off that shows my intelligence, or lack there of....

Geeze.....

May 20, 2016 | 08:35 AM

Freak Show

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so, what was the problem

May 20, 2016 | 08:53 AM

Hellbilly562

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LOL....we've all been there Phil.....well...maybe not with the gas cap issue....but something similar of sorts I'm sure....

May 21, 2016 | 02:05 AM

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Ya' just gotta be smarter than the motorsickle!

May 21, 2016 | 06:13 AM

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My wife was fussing at me yesterday that we took the wrong exit while i was pulling into the larking lot of our destinaton. It happens, only not to me. Haha

May 21, 2016 | 06:36 AM

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Thanks guys! Well, lets see...I have had a lot of motorcycles, mostly Yamahas and Harleys. However it had been a while for me with a Harley. Yet I had never had a gas cap issue with any of them....even the 2010 FXSTC Softail custom I had. (And I think that had the same type of gas cap!)

Anyway, when I turned the gas cap to open it about 3/4 or more of a turn from tight, it would stop. At that point, I tried to pull it up and it would not come up. So, I went back out and tried to pull it up again and it was still stuck there. So I tried to turn it more with more force and bingo...it unscrewed all the way and came right off like it was suppose to. It actually is a bit tighter that I thought it should be to unthread and the point between where it clicks to show it is tight and where it loosens easily until it actually starts unthreading is a lot more than I realized. So, live and learn.

Gosh, I bet I have had over 25+ different motorcycles so far (am 61 now) and have never had a gas cap stump me! It's funny now, but I guess the 2012 Heritage gas cap is a slight bit tighter and a different design maybe. Anyway, all is good most of the embarrassment has subsided for now anyway...