Uptite Oil Filler Cap

[rajobigguy]

An armadillo wrench? I've never seen one of those before! Cool.

Well sure all the coolest people use armadillo wrenches to snug them up but in a emergency finger tight works fine to.

 

[glangston]

An armadillo wrench? I've never seen one of those before! Cool.

The guy that makes them (owns the company anyway) is named Larue. He makes high quality rifles. He's a pretty funny guy. He was walking his horse (a young colt) down Ronald Reagan Blvd (Leander TX. just north or Austin) one day and a lady reported him to the police. Guess she thought somehow the horse was being mis-treated. He thought she needed help and stopped walking his horse to see whether he could help (she'd stopped her car and phone the po-po). The police showed up later to admire his horse and shoot the breeze.

The armadillos or 'dillos are Tactical Beverage Entry tools and can open any typical can or bottle.

I bought a bunch for friends and they like them.

 

[glangston]

The o-ring is fairly thick with about a 50% compression possibility so if I take the peak to peak thread pitch and divide it by the compressibility factor of the o-ring, no wait a minute I think I have to divide it by the original thickness of the o-ring and factor in the compressibility. Oh I got it, first I have to establish the initial metal to metal contact point, no that probably wont work either unless I can confirm that the leading edge of the first thread is the same on all engine cases.
Oh never mind trying to figure out percentages is just to tough, take my word for it, there isn't going to be an issue until the o-ring becomes hard, squashed and loses it's resiliency. By that time you should replace the o-ring any way.

And to think you have something to do with running a big power plant in my neighborhood. Where's the realtor's #......

 

[rajobigguy]

Rajo--- "Oh never mind trying to figure out percentages is just to tough, take my word for it, there isn't going to be an issue until the o-ring becomes hard, squashed and loses it's resiliency. By that time you should replace the o-ring any way."

And to think you have something to do with running a big power plant in my neighborhood. Where's the realtor's #......

Not to make any more nervous than you already are but I use that very line at work often.

 

[Thorton98]

rofessor:

The o-ring is fairly thick with about a 50% compression possibility so if I take the peak to peak thread pitch and divide it by the compressibility factor of the o-ring, no wait a minute I think I have to divide it by the original thickness of the o-ring and factor in the compressibility. Oh I got it, first I have to establish the initial metal to metal contact point, no that probably wont work either unless I can confirm that the leading edge of the first thread is the same on all engine cases.
Oh never mind trying to figure out percentages is just to tough, take my word for it, there isn't going to be an issue until the o-ring becomes hard, squashed and loses it's resiliency. By that time you should replace the o-ring any way.

 

[PALMER84ONE]

The o-ring is fairly thick with about a 50% compression possibility so if I take the peak to peak thread pitch and divide it by the compressibility factor of the o-ring, no wait a minute I think I have to divide it by the original thickness of the o-ring and factor in the compressibility. Oh I got it, first I have to establish the initial metal to metal contact point, no that probably wont work either unless I can confirm that the leading edge of the first thread is the same on all engine cases.
Oh never mind trying to figure out percentages is just to tough, take my word for it, there isn't going to be an issue until the o-ring becomes hard, squashed and loses it's resiliency. By that time you should replace the o-ring any way.

Wow Big guy, that all sounds foreign to me. At least it didn't feel foreign!

And you say "I'm just here to help"

Picked one up today. LOVE IT!

 

[High-Side]

What's the percentage rate of always snugging up at the right place so the gunsight is always in the right position?

I bought one and the thing is way off. When it's tight the top of the cap is at three o'clock. I'm thinking about putting my stock one back on. What size o-ring stops the stock cap from leaking?

 

[PALMER84ONE]

I thought the cap was to prevent the seepage of oil coming out from the crappy stock plastic cap and O-ring. I had no idea the cap didn't work properly if the "gun site" wasn't lined up properly.












I guess more people are into the bling factor over functionality.

 

[High-Side]

I thought the cap was to prevent the seepage of oil coming out from the crappy stock plastic cap and O-ring. I had no idea the cap didn't work properly if the "gun site" wasn't lined up properly.

Well now you know. I'm not really into bling and it looks out of place to me. I'd rather have the stock one if there is a way to stop the weaping

 

[glangston]

He's going to probably bling them up further, maybe anodizing some in red and/or black, after seeing that they fit the new 2010 250 engine and would look good in either color. So wait and maybe get black that won't show the misalignment so much.

 

[Jaxian]

Kinda working.

Got mine, love how it looks. It did bug me a bit that it kind of ends up upside down when hand tightened down.

Didn't leak the first day. Had to take it off the second, it's leaked every day since then, about two weeks maybe. Reseated it last night, going for a ride today and hope it doesn't leak. The leak was getting progressively worse. There was oil spray on the air box cover and the rear brake cylinder cover plastic plate.

I did try the oversize O-ring on the stocker and that worked as long as I changed it every other day. That got really old.

So the jury is still out for me. Hopefully I didn't tighten it too far in case that messes things up. I did it by hand but my 'by hand' is really really tight. I looked at the Viton O-ring on it when I had it off, it's not grooved or warped or anything so hoping it was just seated wrong.

 

[High-Side]

Got mine, love how it looks. It did bug me a bit that it kind of ends up upside down when hand tightened down.

Didn't leak the first day. Had to take it off the second, it's leaked every day since then, about two weeks maybe. Reseated it last night, going for a ride today and hope it doesn't leak. The leak was getting progressively worse. There was oil spray on the air box cover and the rear brake cylinder cover plastic plate.

I did try the oversize O-ring on the stocker and that worked as long as I changed it every other day. That got really old.

So the jury is still out for me. Hopefully I didn't tighten it too far in case that messes things up. I did it by hand but my 'by hand' is really really tight. I looked at the Viton O-ring on it when I had it off, it's not grooved or warped or anything so hoping it was just seated wrong.

Are you talking about the stock cap or the uptite one?

 

[Jaxian]

Up-Tite one.

Up-Tite one. Rode for about an hour and change up in the hills today and it leaked again. Had to wipe off the side of the case and area around the filler after the ride as usual. Going to have to take a closer look at it. Maybe it's hung up on something or the O-ring has a groove in it.

If it keeps doing it I will give George a call and see what's up.

 

[High-Side]

Up-Tite one. Rode for about an hour and change up in the hills today and it leaked again. Had to wipe off the side of the case and area around the filler after the ride as usual. Going to have to take a closer look at it. Maybe it's hung up on something or the O-ring has a groove in it.

If it keeps doing it I will give George a call and see what's up.

I bought mine because you told me to get one on another forum. I bought it at the dealership from where I got my new SM and have never ridden my bike with the stock one. Maybe I'll put my stock one back in and see if it leaks. Anybody want to buy the bling one from me?

 

[Jaxian]

Just me.

Well the stock one always leaked, so it was kind of replace it or swap o-rings constantly everytime it would start to leak again. So the stock one is pretty much useless.

I am the first person I have heard of having the Up-tite one ever leak and the threads on it go back a few years so I am assuming something isn't as it should be. Although you didn't mention whether your Up-tite one was leaking or not. There is no reason to put the stock one back on, it always leaks.

 

[High-Side]

Well the stock one always leaked, so it was kind of replace it or swap o-rings constantly everytime it would start to leak again. So the stock one is pretty much useless.

I am the first person I have heard of having the Up-tite one ever leak and the threads on it go back a few years so I am assuming something isn't as it should be. Although you didn't mention whether your Up-tite one was leaking or not. There is no reason to put the stock one back on, it always leaks.

I took the larger o-ring off the bling one and put it on the stock one and put the stock one back on with the smaller o-ring on the bottom in the groove by the threads and the larger o-ring on the top. I will take it for a ride up Mount Tam and out to the beach today and see if it leaks with the modified stock one. The bling one just sticks out like a sore thumb to me and the stocker blends in. I will post up how it went after my ride.

 

[High-Side]

My two o-ring on the stock oil cap worked. No oil anywhere!

 

[PALMER84ONE]

Very strange! Mine has never leaked at all. It could be that the O-ring has dried out and needs replacing. High-Side, Jaxian, go back to the dealer and try another, or just the ring, it's worth a shot to see if the o-ring is your problem. But then again, "they don't last forever".

 

[Motosportz]

My stock one has never leaked.

 

[jckid]

My stock one leaked, so I got the Uptite one. No more leaking, and the cap lines up just like it should. It did take three of us to install it though! It didn't thread on there real smoothly, and we were all afraid of cross threading it.