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    #1

    New petcock..... :?

    Hmmm so I got my new petcock from bike-bandit. I'm tired of playing with rebuilds and stuff, I just want it to work....period.

    It looks super clean 8O almost worth the $80, only thing is the bronze fitting that the vacuum hose attatches to is pointing in a different direction than my other two petcocks :? Will this cause me problems or is it an improvement on the original design?

    Check it out:

    Thanks guys,
    -Simon 8)
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    #2
    Remove it and rotate it 90 degrees.

    Then it will line up. Someone probably put it together the wrong way
    1981 GS650G , all the bike you need
    1980 GS1000G Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely

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      #3
      Originally posted by duaneage
      Remove it and rotate it 90 degrees.

      Then it will line up. Someone probably put it together the wrong way
      Aye me matey! Caught that one quick as a shark ye did!
      And on the seventh day,after resting from all that he had done,God went for a ride on his GS!
      Upon seeing that it was good, he went out again on his ZX14! But just a little bit faster!

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        #4
        The way it ws made the fuel line ( I mean the Vacuum line) would be running into the tank. How bad would that suck?
        1981 GS650G , all the bike you need
        1980 GS1000G Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely

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          #5
          Originally posted by duaneage
          The way it ws made the fuel line would be running into the tank. How bad would that suck?
          You mean the vacuum line.
          And on the seventh day,after resting from all that he had done,God went for a ride on his GS!
          Upon seeing that it was good, he went out again on his ZX14! But just a little bit faster!

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            #6
            I dunno guys check this out...here's the diagram of the petcock...it looks like the one I got in the mail.


            I also opened it up and the vent hole in the diaphragm lines up to the one in the petcock housing.

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              #7
              No mystery. The smaller fitting (brass) is the vacuum, at the rear of the diaphragm.
              Like Duaneage said, just rotate the rear around.
              And on the seventh day,after resting from all that he had done,God went for a ride on his GS!
              Upon seeing that it was good, he went out again on his ZX14! But just a little bit faster!

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                #8
                Georgefix on ebay (I've been buying a lot from it seems lately) has petcocks for $46.00
                Anybody tried them?
                2010 Honda VFR1200F
                1983 Suzuki GS750T (sold)
                Being Revisited
                1981 Honda CM400T
                http://www.bikepics.com/members/cloudbreakmd/

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                  #9
                  Yours does not look like the diagram. yours has four screws versus two.

                  Cmon, take a chance and loosen those babies and rotate that cover! You can do it!
                  1981 GS650G , all the bike you need
                  1980 GS1000G Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by duaneage
                    Yours does not look like the diagram. yours has four screws versus two.

                    Cmon, take a chance and loosen those babies and rotate that cover! You can do it!
                    I dunno guys... It looks exactly like the diagram to me... Behold:

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                      #11
                      The picture shows the FUEL LINE side!

                      Look at the VACUUM line side.

                      Send it to me, I'll turn it around for you
                      1981 GS650G , all the bike you need
                      1980 GS1000G Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely

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                        #12
                        Looks the same in the pic to me too?
                        2010 Honda VFR1200F
                        1983 Suzuki GS750T (sold)
                        Being Revisited
                        1981 Honda CM400T
                        http://www.bikepics.com/members/cloudbreakmd/

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                          #13
                          Yea I'm going to try it the way it is and see how it works...

                          Nay-sayers what do you predict will happen?, so I know what to look for.

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                            #14
                            Could be the tip will hit the tank or frame, or otherwise make it impossible to attach the lines. I had a similar issue with a petcock off a different model bike to mine. If thats the case you should find out just as you drop the tank on the frame

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                              #15
                              I don't think that's going to be a problem...We'll find out tommorow when I get a chance to slap it on there...

                              People seem to think that gas will come out of the vacuum..Funny because I think that was happening on my old one that was assembled the other way with the two connectes pointing at each other... We shall see.

                              Oh I also just discovered that one of the fuel screws on the set of carbs I was using had no o-ring :roll: That couldn't have been good.

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