Something else to check while you're at it. The single bolt that fastens the rear mounting tab of the tank to the frame can get cross-threaded easily, preventing it from screwing all the way down into its fitting. That would cause the tank to sit higher in the rear than it's designed to.
On Thursday, June 5, 2014 2:40:22 PM UTC-4, Paul wrote: > Hey Guys and Gals... > > My friend has a Nighthawk 750 very similar to mine except his is a 1993 > model. He had a golf ball-sized dent in his tank so he took the tank and > side panels in and had them repainted. When he got everything home and > reassembled he found that the tank no longer lined up to the side panels. > (I've included some photos to help you see what I mean.) The grommets just > aren't matching up to the tabs. > > At first we wondered if the process of painting the side panels somehow > caused them to pull back or shrink a little, but because one of my friend's > side panels was cracked he ordered another one from eBay and IT TOO didn't > match up properly. > > That left us thinking it MUST be how the gas tank is sitting on the bike. > Have any of you experienced this before? We've re-seated the gas tank > several times and still can't get things to match up properly. > > > > > > > * Paul LeBoutillier * > *www.hondanighthawks.net <http://www.hondanighthawks.net/>* > Honda Nighthawk Lovers Email group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nighthawk_lovers> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
