No, no lock tite. Behind that plate there are just a few parts, a square O ring, a pressure washer (wavey looking washer), the turn lever and a rubber washer with holes in it allowing fuel to pass through according to the position of the on/off lever. It's very simple. The wavy washer is directly behind the plate putting pressure on the on/off lever, behind which is the fuel washer. The advantage with using screws instead of the rivets is they allow you to replace parts like the square O ring easily. One of my petcocks had a broken square O ring that was causing the petcock to leak so I had to remove the cover plate.
Sent from my iPad > On Jun 7, 2014, at 9:02 PM, "'Rmj' via Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Good to know. I did not want to take the plate completely off for fear of > having a pile of parts at my feet. I will ride this week & keep an eye on the > repair. Did you use lock tire? Would it be good to lock tire it? > > Thank you, > > Ross > From: Graham Rogers > Sent: 6/7/2014 5:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Repair of fuel petcock cover plate > > Good going Ross. I fixed two petcocks the same way. Found it worked fine. > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Jun 7, 2014, at 5:54 PM, "'RMJ' via Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > My fuel petcock cover plate came loose because the upper/rear rivet head > > broke. I wanted to buy a new unit however, I kept seeing prices of > > $165.00. What I did was try to drill it out with a 1/8" drill bit. My > > drill bit are old and it was dull. I did get in some of the way. I > > purchased a 10-32 x 1/2" self tapping screw. It was the smallest I could > > find, but it was just a tad to large in diameter. So I found a sheet metal > > screw that was about 3/16" - 1/4" long. That would not bite into what hole > > I made nor into the balance of the rivet. I looked into to my old drill > > box and found a 3/32" drill. I used it to drill in a little farther and > > tried the sheet metal screw. It tightened and tightened the plate back > > down. I will ride on Monday and see if it has stopped the high idle that I > > believe was caused by the loose plate by letting air in past the pet cock > > selector switch. Will let you know later this week > > > > Ross M. Jamison > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
