Fuel sending unit.
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Hey man, I just finished troubleshooting my fuel guage on my 01 RK to find out my sending unit is bad as well. I will be calling SouthEast in the morning. If you don't mind me asking what did they quote you?
The only alternative is going to be a salvage part perhaps.
Its been broke for years but my better half mentioned the other day that if she was ever going to ride this bike it had better work!
I have no problem fixing the little things if it leads to another bike for the garage!
The only alternative is going to be a salvage part perhaps.
Its been broke for years but my better half mentioned the other day that if she was ever going to ride this bike it had better work!
I have no problem fixing the little things if it leads to another bike for the garage!
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Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Ohio
Here's a write up from another forum where someone repaired their sending unit. He describes exactly what mine is doing. By closing the gap the rheostat gets connectivity again and corrects the issue.
"Fixed my Fuel gauge issue\sending unit
I hope!
I have been having an issue for some time now where my fuel gauge would be inaccurately low, lately showing completely low most of the time. I had it apart a while ago and didn't see anything obviously wrong and seemed to work just fine when I had it out. So last week I thought I would take a meter to it to see if it was the gauge or sending unit. Neither are cheap and I thought it could make a good Xmas gift idea for someone.
I was testing it and I could see an big voltage change with a little wiggle of the float arm. In looking real close I could see in the sending unit the little "feelers" that make contact with the "resistor pad" not making contact all the time. I removed the little lock washer holding the float arm and removed it to get at the feelers. I just bent the feelers up more and cleaned the "resistor pad"
It's been working great now after a couple of refills. Hopefully this "fix" will last. A new sending unit retails at $140.
I hope this is understandable and helpful. I had researched and didn't find any similar "fixes".
I should have taken pictures, but here is what mine looks like (part number 75062-01):"
"Fixed my Fuel gauge issue\sending unit
I hope!
I have been having an issue for some time now where my fuel gauge would be inaccurately low, lately showing completely low most of the time. I had it apart a while ago and didn't see anything obviously wrong and seemed to work just fine when I had it out. So last week I thought I would take a meter to it to see if it was the gauge or sending unit. Neither are cheap and I thought it could make a good Xmas gift idea for someone.
I was testing it and I could see an big voltage change with a little wiggle of the float arm. In looking real close I could see in the sending unit the little "feelers" that make contact with the "resistor pad" not making contact all the time. I removed the little lock washer holding the float arm and removed it to get at the feelers. I just bent the feelers up more and cleaned the "resistor pad"
It's been working great now after a couple of refills. Hopefully this "fix" will last. A new sending unit retails at $140.
I hope this is understandable and helpful. I had researched and didn't find any similar "fixes".
I should have taken pictures, but here is what mine looks like (part number 75062-01):"
Last edited by SmokinRK; Jul 21, 2015 at 10:39 PM.
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