Post by new2scootn on Jul 20, 2014 22:02:23 GMT -6
So after almost two years of ridin' with a fuel gauge that only worked when I wanted to fix it(and only runnin' out of gas once-but that's another story), I finally caught it readin' about a quarter full right after I filled the tank and even more unbelievably was in the mood to tear her apart again. I was wigglin' wires and when I got to the main connector at the back of the speedo head and moved it a certain way the fuel gauge would drop out completely or start fillin' up. So I'm thinkin' it's a broken wire at or near that connector. Pulled the whole speedo head out and rung out all the wiring for the fuel gauge. Naturally everything checked out perfectly and no broken wires. So it's gotta be a bad connection right? Well that's what it turned out to be but it sure wasn't obvious. No loose pins on the speedo head, and the female connections didn't look bad but I squeazed 'em closed a little and maybe most importantly put some dielectric grease on all of the connections. Plugged everything back together and she's workin' like a charm. Damn, if this keeps up I might just run out of things to fix on this beast! :-SUhhh, ok, maybe not. Was just ridin' her the other day and tryin' to miss as many of the friggin' ruts, potholes, divets, cracks, heaves, patches, craters, dips, gaps, oncoming traffic(because I've gotta stare at the road to avoid all this crap!), and she felt rough over some bumps-almost like something was knocking in the suspension. Well it's a good thing I checked her out when I got back home. I haven't really checked the rear suspension much since I reengineered the motor mount. Overconfident with my work I guess(LOL!) So I checked the rear wheel for side to side movement(wag) and couldn't believe it! It had more side to side movement than before I fixed the motor mount. ;-|Naturally I start thinking of worse case scenarios: urethane bushings cracked/separated, all those new sleeves I made ruined, all that work... Hey wait a minute, this nut is only hand tight! Yup, the nut to the bolt that holds the motor mount to the motor had backed out makin' for all kinds of slop. Luckily nothing else got damaged(especially me) but this is one nut that just cannot come loose. Makes me wonder if a lot of motor mount failures on these trikes are actually a result of these nuts coming loose and overstressing the bushings. This nut is supposed to be some type of lock nut but it ain't workin' so now there's a good old American lock washer under it keepin' me safe. I would urge all you guys that have one of these Sunny reverse trikes to check your motor mount bolts(uppers and lower) and make sure they're good-n-tight! 
