sticky tank mounts

[Lucky]

of all the stupid anoyying things...
my tank has allways been hard to pull off the front mounts.  i greased the rubber a few times & it allways dried up & i really had to battle to get them off!

since the tank is off for PORing, i pulled the rubbers off, cleaned off all the hard, dried grease (on the tank too) and soaped them up.  lets see how long that lasts..

i've tried silicone lube, graphite lube, white grease & wheel bearing grease..

what do you guys use? it was never a problem before tthe 83 tank, & no, it's not bent/dammaged.

--Lucky

[Kiwi_XZ]

French chalk or at a pinch talcum powder.  Nothing sticks to rubber components after this is applied.

[YellowJacket!]

Mine are dry and work great.

What about a spray of armor all?

David

[Superfly]

Try using the bike more...
hahahahaaaaa..

sorry, couldn't resist.
;D

[Tiger]

 :) Dry teflon spray.........use anywhere, dry's in minute's.? You dont have to worry about anything sticking to it, just like your frying pan Lucky......... ::)  ;D  :D  ;)

[ps2/bikevision]

all three of the tanks ive pulled off were dry and didnt stick.  i can pull the tank on either bike now and i didnt have a problem with the parts bike either.

[Blurred Vision]

Same here no sticky sticky

[Lucky]

6 replys in 2 hours..wow, you guys couldn't wait to jump on me for this huh?  ::)

Ok, i'll hit it with some dry lube after i clean the soap off..& the snow ends! :-[ Frickin' RI!! Tn, here i come!

[Brian Moffet]

I'd be willing to bet that there was a tank leak or something that dripped fuel on the rubber mounts.  That would definately cause them to be sticky.  Whatever you do, do not use a petroleum based lubricant, it's bad for rubber.

(okay, get your mind out of the gutter)

Brian

[hfarley]

Whatever you do, do not use a petroleum based lubricant, it's bad for rubber.

Hmm comments like that coming from someone who calls themselves DirtyVision....

Sorry Had too respond. LOL! :P
-Heather

[Lucky]

ok, I should revise that...the rubber itself isn't sticky, it was just all the dried up gunk on them.  as far as teflon goes i have  "finish line" Teflon Plus bicycle lube. it's what i use on my cables, but it's a liquid.  i'm going to put a drop on a scrap of metal & see if it dries out, & if so how it feels then.  worse comes to worse i'll try kiwi's suggestion of talcum powder.

--Lucky

[Brian Moffet]

dried up gunk, could be partially caused by decaying rubber. Not sure about that.  The reason I thought of that one was because of a former bike I knew which had a gunked up foot peg, because somone hadn't fixed the fuel leak (it was on the kick stand side) that slowly dripped on it.  It also looked like there was a bunch of gunk on it.

You can get talc powder anywhere, and some places will sell you special "tube talc" which you put in your tire before you put in the tube (I just bought some talc for my airplane tires).  it might also dry out the gunk enough to allow it to be flaked off the mountings.

And Heather.... Phbbt!!  :P  :)

Brian

[Kiwi_XZ]

You can get talc powder anywhere, and some places will sell you special "tube talc" which you put in your tire before you put in the tube (I just bought some talc for my airplane tires). it might also dry out the gunk enough to allow it to be flaked off the mountings.

"Tube talc" - used by your local tyre guy after he's patched your tube is usually a type of french chalk, talcum powder is a cheap readily available alternative (especially if you have young children).  The talc (either) is used to stop rubber components sticking.  During my apprenticeship I spent some time in the aircraft escape slide and liferaft section, we also serviced commercial liferafts (off ships) and we used this talc all the time after repairs or as light coating to stop the rubber sticking to itself.

Most liquids will just add to problem.  You could try some of the spray-on dry teflon type lubes but talc is cheap and you may already have some in the bathroom.

Cheers - Shane

[Sable]

I have had a similar problem, never had trouble taking it off, usually it's hard for me to put the tank back on the bike.The tank does not slide onto the rubber mounts very well.
This is probably the wrong approach, but I used a shot of WD-40 and the tank slides right on with minimal effort.

~Sable

[Kevin]

I use o-ring grease on the tank ears and fuel lines, I think it is make by the dow company. Avalible from  a bearing supply store.

[Paul_Jungnitsch]

I always used silicone grease (dielectric it's sometimes called), both on the tank rubbers and also on the grommets for the sidepanels. Worked great, just hated getting it on my fingers, it's like non-hardening silicone caulking.