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Radiator cap Wed Jul 23, 2014 3:53 pm
sidecar paul
Life time member
I've had some odd things happening with the water levels in the coolant bottle lately, which I think are caused by the radiator cap playing silly wotsits.
As the cap has been on the bike for 28 years, I thought I'd buy a new one and, to my surprise, the new cap is quite different from the old one. The flat rubber seal is now fitted in a recess so that it can't spread outwards. You'll see from my pic that the old flat washer, no more than 5 years old, has already 'spread', compared to the new washer, by 3mm on the diameter making it a loose fit in the cap.
For reference a new seal is 35mm OD x 24.5mm ID.
I wonder when the design changed?
Paul.
As the cap has been on the bike for 28 years, I thought I'd buy a new one and, to my surprise, the new cap is quite different from the old one. The flat rubber seal is now fitted in a recess so that it can't spread outwards. You'll see from my pic that the old flat washer, no more than 5 years old, has already 'spread', compared to the new washer, by 3mm on the diameter making it a loose fit in the cap.
For reference a new seal is 35mm OD x 24.5mm ID.
I wonder when the design changed?
Paul.
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