Fazer 1000 Fuel Tank Change over

[lenny]

Hi guys ,,looking at changing the fuel tank on my gen 1 1000 and wondering if its pretty straight forward or if there anything I need to be careful of new tank is just a shell so need to swap everything over too , cheers for any info

[Gaz66]

Buy a petcock service kit, drop old one from tank, pull it completely apart & give it a good old soak in some brake cleaner, mine had a fair bit of crud in it, gauze filter is fragile so handle it with care, it just pulls out of tap assembly.
Make sure u use new fibre washers on the 2 M6 mounting bolts or it'll piss gas everywhere.
Tap needs to be left in "ON" position before dropping tank down, chuck a gallon in & check for leaks before filling it.
Good time to replace inline filter near pump, OEM or Yambits, don't fit a cheapo filter, it'll let you down?
Watch out for overflow & breather pipes dropping down thru frame, can be a mare to get back up to tank, pipes take a mad route down between swingarm & back of motor?

[lenny]

Buy a petcock service kit, drop old one from tank, pull it completely apart & give it a good old soak in some brake cleaner, mine had a fair bit of crud in it, gauze filter is fragile so handle it with care, it just pulls out of tap assembly.
Make sure u use new fibre washers on the 2 M6 mounting bolts or it'll piss gas everywhere.
Tap needs to be left in "ON" position before dropping tank down, chuck a gallon in & check for leaks before filling it.
Good time to replace inline filter near pump, OEM or Yambits, don't fit a cheapo filter, it'll let you down?
Watch out for overflow & breather pipes dropping down thru frame, can be a mare to get back up to tank, pipes take a mad route down between swingarm & back of motor?

Cheers Gaz ,,  found this kit,, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144865330149 ,,would that be the same ?? have ordered a box of various fibre washers too

[lenny]

have the bike booked in to get an aftermarket alarm removed from local yamaha dealer,but 3 week wait for this to happen.
so gonna wait on this being done before i start on the fuel tank,,cheers for the replies guys