I did get one working petcock out of the two that I had by mixing and matching parts. The vacuum diaphragm kept leaking on one, even though all of the rubber looked perfect to the eye. I switched it out with the other petcock that I hadn't yet chemically cleaned and it's working now...
On Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 1:23:48 PM UTC-5, Mr. Transcend wrote: > > I used a rubber hammer and hit it a few times to try to create a seal. > Seemed to work ok to stop the fuel from leaking. > > On Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at 12:01:20 PM UTC-4, ChrisV wrote: >> >> I had the same problem on mine just yesterday. I tried to reset several >> times and no luck. I had a spare petcock lying around and used the diapram >> and screw on metal housings for it from the spare and it works fine. I >> can't see any flaw that's visible that would explain why one would leak and >> not the other. They look identical to my eye. >> > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
