Hey guys. Im trying to get the oil cover off for fitment on some custom leather work to match the battery cover and sidearm bags. Unlike the battery cover its kinda giving me a hard time to pop off. Before i wedge in A flathead does anyone have advice to get it off with out damage?

 

I think if you go out on the highway for a while, they have a tendency to just fall off. Just not when you want them too.

John

 

Does anything go as planned on a build bike?

 

They can be alittle tight sometimes, I had to use a flat head screw driver on the top edge, just under the seat, and pry a tad to pop it off.

 

I dont think we know what year bike you own, always helps when asking questions, maybe add your bikes to your profile or include it with your questions
Thanks Dave 04 XL1200C

 

Yeah i probably should update...its the 19' 883

 

If you are worried about chipping the paint you can carve a little wooden wedge but yeah , you do have to pry it off from the top . If you use a flathead screwdriver , just insert it and gently pull back until the cover pops off the two plastic pegs on the oil tank .

 

Thanks!! I also am running a '19 Superlow. It took me several minutes to get the cover off. And as someone has said, it sometimes just pops off. Mine did while I was trying to pry it off. I had stopped to look what was holding it, and I apparently had it 99% off when I stopped prying on it. It popped off and hit me right in the face... so now, I still am not sure what it took to get it off since I was nearly upside down looking up at what could have been holding it when it popped off.

Thanks for this info. I was not sure prying was the correct way to go at this. Looks like a good way to mess up a paint job to me.

 

The oil tank cover just relies in the bend in the metal to hold it tight once it pops over the dimple on the bottom. The cover is thin and you should be able to get your fingers on the bottom and gently bend it down a little.

Don't forget to take out the dipstick else it won't come off.

On my partners 2008 it was actually loose so I bent it in just a little to tighten it up.

from FSM:
Remove right side cover by gently prying bottom lip off
tab on oil tank. Then lift top of cover off two stanchions
moulded into top of oil tank.