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- Feb 11, 2006
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- GL1800 R1200RT NC700
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With an apparent alternator failure I am at the point of removing the throttle bodies. I haven't done this before and am following the Service Manual procedure and came to the computer after completing access to them but not removed them yet.
Are there any shortcuts here like not having to completely remove them to access the alternator? Maybe lift them free of the intake rubbers and rotate 90 degrees to vertical with either the throttle cables or fuel hoses still attached at one end or the other? I am not wanting to compromise the procedure but I know sometimes there are practical methods that work that are not in the manual. (like accessing the thermostat by removing the radiator when the Service Manual says to access the T-stat by removing the throttle bodies)
I am at an impasse trying to remove the fuel return hose from the pressure regulator at 5-66 in the manual. I can compress the clamp but can't at the same time push the hose off the coupling. Frustrating.
Are there any shortcuts here like not having to completely remove them to access the alternator? Maybe lift them free of the intake rubbers and rotate 90 degrees to vertical with either the throttle cables or fuel hoses still attached at one end or the other? I am not wanting to compromise the procedure but I know sometimes there are practical methods that work that are not in the manual. (like accessing the thermostat by removing the radiator when the Service Manual says to access the T-stat by removing the throttle bodies)
I am at an impasse trying to remove the fuel return hose from the pressure regulator at 5-66 in the manual. I can compress the clamp but can't at the same time push the hose off the coupling. Frustrating.