Topic: CB550 PETCOCK LEAK

[BASKET_CASE]

CB550F petcock leaks through the knob, particularly when set on reserve. Installed a rebuild gasket, and i cant access behind the faceplate as it is the riveted kind and not the screw type. Same issue 2 different petcocks of the same type. Suggestions?

[beemerbum]

If non-stock chinese #$%*, throw it away and get a genuine Honda part. I learned the hard way.

[alacrity]

yep - you are better with an OLD f'd up honda petcock for which you buy the reconditioning "kit" (basically the shaped/drilled rubber seal and filter) than one of the knockoffs that leak from ethanol poisoning.

[BASKET_CASE]

Both are stock, but i thought i read somewhere on here about how people filed down the rivet heads on these style petcocks to access a gasket behind the face plate, but i cant find it and dont know how they reattached the face plate without the rivets.

[RAFster122s]

The rivets once drilled out should reveal a hole to fit a pair of short bolts and nuts.
I recall seeing that thread recently but I don't recall where. Sorry.
David