roadrunner
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| posted on 3/12/06 at 10:19 PM |
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Bike pump
I've had a zx6 pump fitted for a couple of weeks now and it has decided to give up the ghost, i have fixed it directly to the chassis next to
the tank and wondered if it was this type of fixing that caused it to become faulty , cheers,
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GavBurns
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| posted on 3/12/06 at 10:27 PM |
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I think most bike pumps are rubber mounted, so possibly if it's fixed direct to chassis.
Go BEC you'll never look back (literally)!!
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JimM
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| posted on 4/12/06 at 12:47 PM |
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Has anyone taken a picture of their bike pump installation - I'm just about to fit one to my kit but now looks like I need to support it from
vibration? How have others done this?
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alister667
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| posted on 4/12/06 at 01:55 PM |
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The main problem I've seen with bike fuel pumps is positioning, in that they are good at pumping but bad at sucking the fuel. Because of this
they should be placed where they can be fed by gravity (ie low down) and then they can pump up to the carbs.
Mine is mounted via a clip onto the chassis low down beside the engine. It's done 10k mile son the road, races and trackdays no problems, so
they can be reliable enough. If it was sensitive to vibration, mine would have packed in a long time ago :-)
Here's a pic from my build years ago!
http://members.lycos.co.uk/alister667/
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