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PETCOCK REPAIR KITS

Fuel System: Gas (Petrol) tanks, Carburators
FLYHAVEN2001
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PETCOCK REPAIR KITS

Post by FLYHAVEN2001 » Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:52 am

ANYONE USE THE REPAIR KITS FROM RETROBIKES? WHAT RESULTS ARE YOU HAVING? I HAVE INSTALLED ONE BUT IT IS EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN WITH THE ALL RUBBER DESIGN, BUT IT DOES NOT LEAK.

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Re: PETCOCK REPAIR KITS

Post by ryan_siefrin » Mon Jul 18, 2005 7:45 am

i don't know if mine is stock or not, but it's not easy to move the lever either.
Ryan Siefring

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1996 Honda CBR 900 RR

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Re: PETCOCK REPAIR KITS

Post by RonBou » Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:45 pm

Mine is hard to turn also.....
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67 CL77 (next project)
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Re: PETCOCK REPAIR KITS

Post by FLYHAVEN2001 » Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:45 pm

Since the petcock is so hard to turn I decided to put a lawnmower shutoff between the petcock and carb and I just left the petcock on reserve for now. This makes it much easier to shut gas supply off and run carb down and saves wear on the new petcock kit I put in.

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Re: PETCOCK REPAIR KITS

Post by speleogeezer » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:25 pm

Kool idea.<br /> Bob

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Re: PETCOCK REPAIR KITS

Post by Tom W. » Sun Oct 02, 2005 11:22 pm

I bought mine from Ohio Cycle. I installed it about 1 month ago and it still works great. I did put a little lithium grease on the rubber pieces. Not hard to turn.<br /><br />I've heard if there is alcohol in the gas, the rubber will swell.<br /><br />Tom

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Post by lrutt » Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:02 pm

I've found that a thin layer of grease on petcock rubbers keeps them moving easily.

And I just ordered one of the retrobikes kits for my 65 CA77 so I'll report on it when I get it.

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