Thread: Underseat fuel tank rubber mounts

From memory there are 3 holes at the front and one at the rear. The rear one is rubber mounted the front three just bolt through the chassis outrigger.

Just looked at a picture of my IIa GS tank and it has 3 holes at the rear, I'll have to have a look at the second tank and see how it's fitted.

Fitting Kit for 552174 Fuel Tank - Paddock Spares

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Colin

Just had a quick look and it's bolted in at front & back, no rubbers.

Colin

Interesting thread.
I am having some repairs done on my 88 tank.
Was going to mount it with square rubbers made from immersion rubber, making it rubber mounted fitted with HT bolts and washers, with nyloc's.
Simular to the Manual fittings.

whitehillbilly
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Hey Whitehillbilly, I was thinking of something home made too. The standard mounting kit costs between $20 and $40, and I have two tanks. Both of my tanks have three holes at front and back, and I don't remember any rubber mountings when I removed the tanks early this year.

If you have a pic of your home made mounts, I'd love to see them.

Cheers,
john

A bit newer I know, but when I built a new tank for my S3, there were no rubbers at all on it.
And when I was cleaning my S2A a few weeks ago, I don't remember seeing any there either,, but having said that, they could still be hidden under some cow 🐮 **** that's still there not letting me see.

My S2 definitely had no rubber mount, 6 bolts straight to chassis.
I think if there's any chance of chassis flex though it's probably a good idea.
And in consideration of this thread I will be unbolting the three at the back and replacing with one central rubber mounted one.

I wonder if the difference reflects home vs Australian production?

Hello from Brisbane.

My locally built S3 88" has the three rigid bolts at the front and single rubber bushed bolt at the rear on its primary tank.

Cheers,

Neil