Tank holddown mod

[Jimustanguitar]

I've owned my vision for a whole week now, and have already had the fuel tank off about 4 times now. I was thinking of installing a little bit longer hold down bolt, but from the bottom so that it worked like a stud that the fuel tank fit over, and then using a wingnut to actually hold the tank down with. Assuming that the wingnut clears the seat when it closes, does anybody see any problem with doing this?

Any other ideas?

[h2olawyer]

The clearance issue is all I can see as a problem.  Another option is to drill a hole laterally through the bolt, thread it up from the bottom, slide a washer over the end & use a clevis pin.  You would get some vibration, but it would be a quick change.

For now, you could leave the bolt out until you get things sorted.  I normally don't need to remove the tank more than once or twice a season.  No big deal to use the bolt as designed when you aren't removing the tank every few days.

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