Fuel delivery

[MaximX]

I have had my bike for a long time...when new to me I put an inline filter in the gas line as I did not know there was one built into the tank.  The photo is of what is in my fuel tank and probably in most Maxims Viragos from the 80's.  It is attached to the fuel petcock.  It has filter screens built into it.  There is a tube that feeds fuel in the  normal position, then when switched to reserve the lower part filters fuel to the carbs.
Last week my bike started running strange at about 1/2 a tank of fuel.  Switching to reserve would fix the problem so I knew that those old screens were not passing fuel as they should.  What I had to do was either replace the part or cut the screens out.  I did the latter as I already had a fuel filter on the bike.  Just another thing to watch for if your bike starts to cut out or run badly...

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[kaziff]

Good tech tip maxim x, the only issue i have had with removing an in-tank fuel filter was without the fine screen above the petcock, any gritty contaminants can damage the rubber seal in the petcock (which will lead to a leaky petcock), so, if possible not a bad idea to clean and keep the filter mounted, when it is too far gone, then it has to go! Kaziff

[MaximX]

Good point.  My tank has been kept very clean, virtually no grit inside.  Somehow after 28 years those screens stopped passing fuel even though there was no obvious build up on them.  It appears that to get a new in tank screen I would have to buy a new petcock assembly, so for now I took the quick fix route.