Rattling Gas Cap
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From: Illinois
Rattling Gas Cap
2018 Heritage 115th anniversary 114 CI Looks great , Rides Great and has a gas cap that is rattling my brain away! Anyone have a fix? Its getting old going back and forth to the dealer but Harley will not help out on the phone (That would be too easy! I called Harley customer service and after a lengthy conversation asking me every personal question they could think up they made it clear they never heard of this issue and I should go back to the dealer. Oil leaks (Faulty oil lines) , falling off fake left side gas cap (Cheap HD Glue??, oil cooler bracket falling off (Screw fell out). I bought it in May 2018. 500 miles! What is gonna happen next?
Bob
Bob
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I foound that if you close the cap til you get 4-5 clicks, then back it off till you just feel it snug up a bit, the rattle will stop (at least for a while). I have had to do this while riding to stop the rattle.
Another idea that is supposed to work (in liew of Red Loctite) is to use a flat head screwsriver and a mallet to crimp (make slightly snugger) the loose part of the cap. We are told to invert the cap on a had surface but protected by a towel or such to do the crimping. Havn't done it, but I can see how it would do the trick.
Many who have had the dealer replace theirs found the replacement cap rattled also.
Another idea that is supposed to work (in liew of Red Loctite) is to use a flat head screwsriver and a mallet to crimp (make slightly snugger) the loose part of the cap. We are told to invert the cap on a had surface but protected by a towel or such to do the crimping. Havn't done it, but I can see how it would do the trick.
Many who have had the dealer replace theirs found the replacement cap rattled also.
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Sorry, man.....didn't notice it was your first post. Lots of smart-assery here at HDF, and I'm as big an offender as anyone. Welcome to the forums and I hope you fix the problem. Although I have no idea how. Other than the Loctite. Which, all joking aside, WILL fix the problem.
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