Bearclaw doesn't want to "snap" on to tank

Pig9r said:

The first time I refitted mine I think it took me at least an hour. How I refit now is hold it up on the location clip then thread the front bolt by hand then tighten it snug with wrench. While still holding the claw firmly in the location clip I have to push in on the rear portion of the claw (which causes it to flex a bit) to get the tab to align with the nut on the frame. I then tighten it down.

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Willtill said:

When I first got my Rocket, and undid the front and rear bearclaw bolts; it took a pretty good amount of force to pull the bearclaw off of the two tabs that jut out from the upper left side of the tank. I didn't bother looking at that time; but each of the two tabs have a hole in them. Almost like there's a clip or something that is now missing from it.

I understand how the bearclaw connector mates to the two tabs coming from off the tank. By design, it appears to be a "friction fit" however when the two tabs insert into the receiving connector on the bearclaw; there's *nothing* there anymore that holds the two connectors together, via friction.

Someone please take a closer look at their bearclaw the next time you have it removed and tell me if there is an additional piece that's supposed to go on the two tabs, before it slides into the receiving connector on the bear claw itself. It would appear that if one took two small bearing's or BB's, and superglued it to the outer side of each tab coming from off the tank; it would provide the needed friction fit as the tabs insert into the recieving connector on the bearclaw.

You all are following/understanding what I'm trying to describe, right?



Kindest regards,


-Will

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dougl said:

On my 2005, the tabs on the tank appear to simply fit into the slots on the plastic (rubber) fitting on the bearclaw. If the tabs are in the slots, the bearclaw cannot be pulled away. If they remain in the slots when you tighten the bolts, the bearclaw will be locked in place. I push the bearclaw up as I tighten the bolts to keep the tabs in the slots. You can't really see the tabs in the slots but you can feel when they're in there. If when you tighten the bolts, the tabs come out of the slots, you have a problem.

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Willtill said:

Yes, the tabs on my 2008 insert into the slots, but they're loose and do not fit as tightly as they did when I first removed the Bearclaw. They really do not serve a purpose at this point, since the only thing that is holding the Bearclaw in place is the front and rear mounting bolt.

Kindest regards,

-Will

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