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Gas cap gasket/seal

  • Thread starter Thread starter Dougbo
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I'm going to try the gasket mentioned to see if it will work all the replacement caps show a round seal not the rectanguar. Worth a try. If don't work I may get the $25 cap.
 
Doug,

the replacement seal for the kind of cap you have IS round. The differences between years has to do with the inside and outside diameters. With the style on your 550T, there is also a raised lip that locks inside the cap mechanism. Some of the earlier seals do not have that flap, and are essentially round, flat, gaskets.
 
rockford said:
That's good information. I always wondered if the seals would be similar, so now we know.:)

Also, you might be able to make one out of a car or truck inner tube. If it didn't end up being thick enough, you could trace and cut another one and put them together....maybe.:confused:
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bicycle innertube is thinner... motorcycle is thicker, car innertube thicker yet and then to trucks...I use innertube a lot. Does not seem much affected by gas...the Best elastic bands you can have, too.
 
Got the gasket today and it will not work. A little smaller diameter . Original has a goofy metal support underneath the gasket and is held to cap with a wire snap ring.
May end up with a new cap eventually. Can't repaint the tank 'til it is fixed.
 
I bought one on Ebay once Was too small for my 850 It was that 85413-70000 part
 
Thats the one. Why was Suzuki so screwed up back then ? Few parts fit from other 550's on my T.
 
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