Leaking petcock

Re: Leaking petcock

feeds@yuku.com (alepel) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:39:34 GMT

alan wrote:
Drill out the rivets, glue it up, and put in some tiny nuts and bolts. No? Or maybe even pop rivets, although nuts and bolts are better I would think.

I might only add that one should be extremely carefully about drilling into a gas tank until all precautions are taken to ensure that no fuel is still in the tank. I'm not certain what exactly is the correct procedure for purging the tank of all...

Re: Leaking petcock

feeds@yuku.com (alan) — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:20:01 GMT

Drill out the rivets, glue it up, and put in some tiny nuts and bolts. No? Or maybe even pop rivets, although nuts and bolts are better I would think.

Re: Leaking petcock

feeds@yuku.com (greyaero) — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:43:11 GMT

I have the leaking petcock problem and gas was also leaking from the connection to the tank. I fixed the petcock to tank connection and tried using vice grips to stop the petcock leak but it 's not holding. .

I just ordered a new one,hope it gets here this week

Re: Leaking petcock

feeds@yuku.com (maxamutt) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:12:23 GMT

Mine started leaking several years ago on a trip to Devil's Tower, Wyoming. I used a small pair of vice grip pliers and gently squeezed each of the two pop rivets that hold it together. I kept adjusting and tightening a little at a time until it stopped leaking taking care to do one rivet then the other. It hasn't leaked since. Hope it works as the petcock is pretty pricey - about $70 then.

Re: Leaking petcock

feeds@yuku.com (dukey33) — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:29:18 GMT

For my old Kawasaki, A repair kit would have everything needed to replace all the softgoods. Don't think I've seen a repair kit for a Shadow, but I haven't looked for one either.

Leaking petcock

feeds@yuku.com (Ted Horne) — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:51:19 GMT

The petcock on my 2000 T is leaking . Its leaking between the rivited on plate behind the lever and the aluminum housing. Anybody ever try to fix this or happen to have a good one to sell? Thanks