Hello everyone.
I made my own exhaust today and decided to remove the canister at the same time.
The canister removal can be done in 5 minutes if you are slow, or in two minutes if you have all the tools ready.
Step one.
Cust this hose here
I cut it about 2-3 inches from the can. That way if you ever need to hook it bac up, you just need a 1/8" male barb to barb fitting from Autozone (85 cents).
Step 2.
Pop the can out of its bracket. There are two tabs on the top that you push in while sliding the can up. It takes very little pressure and pops right off.
You can see them in this picture. Two black tangs.
Then cut the vent hose coming from the tank to the can.
You ant to cut this as close to the can as you can because you need all the length you can get as this hose will be fed down as low as possible.
When you (stupidly) overflow your fuel tank, fuel will flow out of this hose.
Its best to keep it away from a hot engine.
I fed it down by the oil cooler lines and out of sight.
Step 3.
With all that done, there should be one more hose stuck to the canister.
It goes down, and then up.
Leave that attatched to the can.
No just follow that hose and pull it out so the can is free to be removed.
Step 4.
Remove the bracket.
It is pretty straight forward, a two year old may need a minute or so to do this.
An allen wrench is all you need. 3mm or 4mm, I cant remember.
Keep one of the screws for the next step!!!
Step 5.
Take one of the screws that mounted the bracket to the frame and dip it in silicone or some other suitable material.
I usd rtv form a gasket cuz thats what I had laying around and it was black.
Once you go black, you never go back. Eh, ladies?
At this point, you should have two black hoses dangling on the bike.
The first one that you cut - which if you followed leads to the intake manifold, and not to the tank, gets the screw.
Mind you, it will be the smaller of the two hoses.
Again, the idea is to make this air tight, so use an adhesive that achieves this.
In this picture, the screw is dry, and not coated with silicone.
It should be pretty gooey.
The other hose, the one that comes from the gas tank is free to stay open as it is the vent.
If you are confused as to which hose should get the screw...
STOP!
Return your bike to the dealer and go take up bowling.
If you are not confused, rock on!
D
I made my own exhaust today and decided to remove the canister at the same time.
The canister removal can be done in 5 minutes if you are slow, or in two minutes if you have all the tools ready.
Step one.
Cust this hose here
I cut it about 2-3 inches from the can. That way if you ever need to hook it bac up, you just need a 1/8" male barb to barb fitting from Autozone (85 cents).
Step 2.
Pop the can out of its bracket. There are two tabs on the top that you push in while sliding the can up. It takes very little pressure and pops right off.
You can see them in this picture. Two black tangs.
Then cut the vent hose coming from the tank to the can.
You ant to cut this as close to the can as you can because you need all the length you can get as this hose will be fed down as low as possible.
When you (stupidly) overflow your fuel tank, fuel will flow out of this hose.
Its best to keep it away from a hot engine.
I fed it down by the oil cooler lines and out of sight.
Step 3.
With all that done, there should be one more hose stuck to the canister.
It goes down, and then up.
Leave that attatched to the can.
No just follow that hose and pull it out so the can is free to be removed.
Step 4.
Remove the bracket.
It is pretty straight forward, a two year old may need a minute or so to do this.
An allen wrench is all you need. 3mm or 4mm, I cant remember.
Keep one of the screws for the next step!!!
Step 5.
Take one of the screws that mounted the bracket to the frame and dip it in silicone or some other suitable material.
I usd rtv form a gasket cuz thats what I had laying around and it was black.
Once you go black, you never go back. Eh, ladies?
At this point, you should have two black hoses dangling on the bike.
The first one that you cut - which if you followed leads to the intake manifold, and not to the tank, gets the screw.
Mind you, it will be the smaller of the two hoses.
Again, the idea is to make this air tight, so use an adhesive that achieves this.
In this picture, the screw is dry, and not coated with silicone.
It should be pretty gooey.
The other hose, the one that comes from the gas tank is free to stay open as it is the vent.
If you are confused as to which hose should get the screw...
STOP!
Return your bike to the dealer and go take up bowling.
If you are not confused, rock on!
D
