Good clear pics, thanx. Still not obvious, though, if there's a gasket or o-ring in the vicinity of the leak. I'm thinking maybe the screen may be clogged, thereby backing up a minute amount of fuel to the big nut on top and allowing it to sweat from there.
I expect I'll have to disassemble and rebuild like you did to solve the problem. The teflon tape trick was my first thought, but the idea smacked of "ethnic fabrication" so I discarded that notion. Fix will require draining the tank either way, so may as well do it right. Thanks all, for the suggestions. Ron On May 18, 6:45 pm, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: > It may not apply in your case, but I took plenty of pictures when I tore > down my petcock on my 650 last year.http://munz.kicks-ass.net/nighthawk/?p=151 > > -Kyle > -Sent from Ingleside, TX, United States > > > > On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 7:44 PM, surfswab <[email protected]> wrote: > > > New member, new (to me) '95 Nighthawk 750 in excellent shape, save a > > leak at the tank/petcock connection. > > > No drips, but the connection seems to "sweat" fuel at the joint where > > the large nut on top of petcock connects to the threaded tube coming > > down from the tank. I've tightened it (gently, to avoid stripping the > > threads) and that seems to work for a short while, then recurs. > > > I've looked at exploded views of the assembly on various part fiches, > > but it's not clear if there's an o-ring or gasket in that connection. > > > Anybody know if there is one in there?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
