oil tank outlet

[jasper]

Hey guys.
I need to get the 'bowl' back on my 70' T500 oil tank outlet. How do you keep the pin in the cylinder while screwing the bowl on?

Do I need to take the whole thing off and install it upside down?

Thanks

[jasper]

Would it help if I posted a picture?

The pin is shorter the bowl, so if I insert it into the top half, (screwed into the oil tank) it falls out before I can get the bowl back on. Does the pin kind of float in the oil once filled? It doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

[titan performance]

I think we need some pictures.....I for one don't understand your problem?

[jasper]

I tried to post a pic from my phone but it was too heavy.

I took off the top half of the outlet that threads directly onto the oil tank. The pin drives right into the oil tank filter. If I place the pin into the filter, then screw on the whole outlet,(dry) and tap it, the pin will fall into the bowl.

So my problem is that I am not sure how the pin stays put once everything is connected and oil is added. I'm concerned that adding oil to the assembled tank/outlet will drive the pin into the bowl.

Does that make more sense?

[Pete O'Dell]

I do 500 suzuki's for a living chap, and I am baffled at what your asking you need to upload pics is the filter in place?

[jasper]

Yes the filter is in place.

Is this magnetic pin part of the filter? That would make more sense.

[oldjapanesebikes]

Is this sort of what you have ? Do you actually have all of the parts ? That seal - item 13 - holds the filter tube (item 15) in place when its all bolted together. 14 is the cup seal.

[jasper]

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[Pete O'Dell]

that aint part of the tank outlet chap, actually looks like a bearing retaining pin

[jasper]

How weird is that?

I have never had the outlet apart so I know I didn't put it in there, and it fits perfectly all he way up into the filter. If it wasn't meant to be you would think it would restrict oil flow. I guess I wont be putting it back in.

Thanks!