petcock

[rmathew313]

yea so i just got this bike.. and im sorry if this question is stupid but i have no clue how to work on bikes.. (in process of learning).... i have a 82 gs450t which was sitting in a garage for about 12 years and i cant seem to turn the petcock... is there a special way to doing it... like pressing it in? i don't want to break the thing.. once again i apologize for being a retard

[tkent02]

Is it the type with a slot? Those are pretty useless.
Just leave it on, there's no reserve anyway, and PRIme usually doesn't work.
Make sure the fuel shuts off when the engine does.

[cowboyup3371]

What exactly is wrong with it? I also don't know much but I know that mine needed pliers to turn it until Cdnoel took it apart for me a few days ago and sprayed some cleaner on it. Now it turns freely and I need to find a new o-ring for it. Saved me 70 bucks to replace it.

[tkent02]

That doesn't sound like the bad one.

[BassCliff]

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Hi Mr. mathew13,

Save yourself a lot of headache and just replace your petcock. Then you won't have to worry about it for another 20 years or so. Z1Enterprises.com should have a reasonably priced replacement. In your "mega-welcome" you will find a couple of maintenance lists that will lead you down the path of GS nirvana, if you take no shortcuts. If you stray from the path you will be cursed with stuttering performance, hard starts, dead batteries, and become stranded on the side of the path instead of riding briskly down the path. Do it right the first time. Let's get started...

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