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Just wanted to share a learning from today about the fuel caps.
After a few weeks use, my Bearhawk fuel caps both seized. Upon disassembly and inspection, they were both found to be badly galled, and required quite a bit of work to clean up. The gas has driven all the anti-seize compound out of the gallery (presumably into the fuel tank?). I am going to replenish with a different kind of anti-sieze this time (plug grease) which is hopefully more fuel-resistant, and monitor the situation. It could well be a user-fuelcap interface issue.
After a few weeks use, my Bearhawk fuel caps both seized. Upon disassembly and inspection, they were both found to be badly galled, and required quite a bit of work to clean up. The gas has driven all the anti-seize compound out of the gallery (presumably into the fuel tank?). I am going to replenish with a different kind of anti-sieze this time (plug grease) which is hopefully more fuel-resistant, and monitor the situation. It could well be a user-fuelcap interface issue.
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