Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 21:17:19 -0400
From: Glenn Kellis
A While ago I wrote:
>>Thanks, At least that part is right then. Maybe the bit that's wrong
is
>>there is another hose, also with the steel reinforcing from the outlet
of
>>the oil filter coming out the same opening just in front of the swing
arm
>>pivot. From there it goes to the oil tank return connection. Is seems
like
>>there is too little room for two hoses with the reinforcing to come
out of
>>the same small area between the trans and the cradle. Is this how
yours is
>>routed?
At 10:20 2/2/98 +1100, Chris Ghent wrote:
>No, my oil filter lines take different routes. While the line to the
oil
>filter from the motor went between the gearbox and the swingarm pivot...
>let me rephrase that to make the next bit clearer... the line from
the motor
>to the filter goes between the gearbox and the cradle just in front
of the
>swingarm pivot, the line from the oil filter to the tank, also armoured,
comes
>out behind the cradle and swing arm pivot. I route mine above the
horn as it is
>less likely to get involved with the moving swingarm up there.
>
>Hope this is clear
>regards
>Chris Ghent
Thanks for clearing this up for me. I believe this is the correct routing, and now there are no kinks and squashed hoses. As it was both lines to the filter were twisted and jammed together between the trans and cradle.
Thanks to everyone that replied, Glenn
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