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Gas Cap 2016 RGS- Horrible

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#1 ·
OK not fuel management but, I hate my gas cap. I have never had so much trouble putting on a gas cap, and in the morning when it is cold, forget about it. It is a constant fight!! Is it me? I thought it might be me, OK "I am a knuckle head" but NO! I am in the gas station the other day and I look over and there is a road glide same year fighting his gas cap! he stated it is like this all the time even worse when it is cold out side. Any one have this issue? most important question, "if so" what is the solution!!!
Thank you for any help "before I toss this cap down the road".
 
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#74 ·
had mine replaced under warranty and now I need another one.
:frown:
You can fix it your self just take a file and file down the diameter before the threads took me about 5 mins works like it should now,this was the second new cap they put on.
 
#12 ·
It is well known on other forums. I am surprised it has not been discussed here? Many are getting new caps from the dealers. Many dealers are already out of them. Many of the new caps start doing it again eventually. What I and many others have done is take some sandpaper (or file) and sand down the outside of the cap below the first thread (very bottom outside edge). Once that is done it works better than it ever has.
 
#13 ·
I have fought with the gas cap on my 15 for the last year, glad to know they will replace it, every time we run into the mountains where temps are below about 50 the cap is very difficult to thread down. Have commented a couple times in dealerships but never an offer to replace it.

Thanks for the post.

just for giggles my purchase date is March 2015...
 
#25 ·
Twice in the past year mine has felt like the threads were galled up while removing the cap. But after getting the cap off it went back in easy........go figure.
Ofcourse when I mentioned it at the dealership, I was told, they never heard about that problem
 
#36 ·
I have not had this issue with the caps so far, but the cover, now, that's another story. Who came up with that brain dead idea? If they had made the cap flip forward, it would have been so much easier. The aft opening lid makes it hard to get the nozzle in, especially here in commifornia where you have that huge rubber vent return on the head.
Kinda like a foreskin for a gas nozzle.. I was just in Oregon yesterday on my bike, and they don't have that rubber thing up there. Makes things a bit easier.>:)
 
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