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I think I may be in over my head. My rocket has been running like crap for about a month now, and I plan on sending it to the shop for a throttle sync and other tune ups (<span style='color:orangered'>it's a '99</span>).
But I decided to do a litle pre-maintenance, so the shop won't have to do some stuf that I could've done myself. I decided to take off my fuel pump and check the mesh screen and fuel filter inside of it, maybe clean it up a bit. After following the service manual, I finally got it off the bike and took it apart to get to the screen and filter.
Since I had the fuel pump open, I decided to just replace the filter, and I called the dealership, but I was surprised when they told me the fuel filter would run me <span style='color:orangered'>$200</span>ALONE! I thought that was a little outrageous, seeing as how it strongly resembled some other paper filters I could find at any Auto Parts store. Then they informed me that the pump itself would run about $600 new.
So after hearing this, I <span style='color:orange'>CAREFULLY</span> re-assembled the unit, but not after I cleaned the mesh screen. That screen was dirtier than a 5 dollar #####. I would say that about 70-80% of the screen was blocked by a dirty oily residue. I'm hoping that was my problem.
Anyway, should I be concerned about dis-assembling the fuel pump? The whole process went smoothly and I didn't destroy any parts, just cleaned the mesh screen and reassembled it with no leftover parts.
But I decided to do a litle pre-maintenance, so the shop won't have to do some stuf that I could've done myself. I decided to take off my fuel pump and check the mesh screen and fuel filter inside of it, maybe clean it up a bit. After following the service manual, I finally got it off the bike and took it apart to get to the screen and filter.
Since I had the fuel pump open, I decided to just replace the filter, and I called the dealership, but I was surprised when they told me the fuel filter would run me <span style='color:orangered'>$200</span>ALONE! I thought that was a little outrageous, seeing as how it strongly resembled some other paper filters I could find at any Auto Parts store. Then they informed me that the pump itself would run about $600 new.
So after hearing this, I <span style='color:orange'>CAREFULLY</span> re-assembled the unit, but not after I cleaned the mesh screen. That screen was dirtier than a 5 dollar #####. I would say that about 70-80% of the screen was blocked by a dirty oily residue. I'm hoping that was my problem.
Anyway, should I be concerned about dis-assembling the fuel pump? The whole process went smoothly and I didn't destroy any parts, just cleaned the mesh screen and reassembled it with no leftover parts.