Petcock spring GS650

[Guest]

Yo! I pulled apart my petcock, and it does indeed have some cracks and whatnot in the diaphragm.

Anywho, the little piece of metal that fits into the body like a snap ring (this is allll the way inside the petcock from the position selector) is what I'm wondering about. I think it was pretty mangled, but I'm not totally sure. Maybe it's a stop or something...

I should have taken a photo, I took pics of everything else haha.

[Steve]

That is the little part that gives you your "PRIme" function when you turn the petcock anti-clockwise.

If it's not installed correctly, PRIme will not work.

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[WilliamGLX81]

Hmmm. Any info on what it's supposed to look like? An image of one that wasn't mangled would be extremely useful.

What I bent it back into seemed right. Sort of a flat C shape on top about a millimeter wide with a straightened portion on one end. The bottom is another C shape but its flat portion is perpendicular to the top's flat.

You could almost cut a similar shape out of a tin can.

[YMRacing]

Have the same problem with the mangled piece. I've tried to find a fiche of the petcock to no avail. I don't even know what way it's supposed to go in if I could get it back into shape.

So...if I leave that twisted but out will it work, but no PRIme?

Sorry, didn't mean to hack your thread.

[Andrew Vanis]

check out

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=211194

for petcock pics. this one is complete except for the tab that goes toward the back which pushes out the diaphragm when PRI is selected.

BTW - I ended up getting a new petcock ~$50 at Z1

[WilliamGLX81]

I think this is what the profile (the side view) of the G shaped thingamajig should look like. The red line is a center line. I think the rest is explained on the photo.

Does that look right to anybody?

[WilliamGLX81]

Anybody? tenchars

[tom203]

I saw this post days ago, but -how can I put this simply?- stop messing around and get new petcock for $60. Don't worry, there will be plenty of other problems to keep you busy.

[WilliamGLX81]

Solved!

See this post for photos of roughly how this thing should be shaped:

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?p=1921794#post1921794

Let's call it a prime circuit actuating arm. Maybe just petcock prime spring would be easier.

I'm always a fan of rebuild instead of replace, when possible.