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Petcock O Ring
« on: March 21, 2008, 03:37:28 AM »
G`day guys
just putting my freshly painted tank back together and found the O ring that goes between the petcock and the tank is as hard as a rock, and the tubular filter that goes into the tank is torn...
Is the O ring an over the counter piece or is it a strange sized Honda specialty part? (its easter long weekend and no shops open for 4 days), it looks like a rubber O ring that has been a victim of time but it feels like a fibre washer, which is it? or does it matter?
and do i need to get a CB specific filter or is it a generic item?
cheers mate
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Re: Petcock O Ring
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2008, 04:30:35 AM »
You can ditch the crappy OEM filter and just buy a couple of "in line" filters from any bike shop Trop, be careful with "O" ring selection though, a lot of "O" rings don't like fuel. Cheers, Terry. ;D
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Re: Petcock O Ring
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2008, 04:59:33 AM »
cheers terry
bikes are still a grey area to me and i dont want to blow this one up because i dont know what i know what i`m doing
cheers
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Re: Petcock O Ring
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2008, 11:47:02 AM »
You can buy individual o-rings from David Silver (shipping shouldn't be too bad either!)

I have a spare K2 fuel bowl o-ring that I bought but never used if anybody needs one.
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Re: Petcock O Ring
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2008, 05:47:05 AM »
They are still available from Honda. Just an o ring that you squeeze into place. I went OEM, didn't want to gamble with wind swept fuel leaks, over a hot engine, on new paint, 12 INCHES FROM THE FAMILY JEWELS.
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Re: Petcock O Ring
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2008, 05:55:18 AM »
Just checked and I have both o-rings.
Part number 16958-268-010 (filter bowl o-ring?)
Part number 16997-273-006 (fuel tap to tank o-ring?)

I think that's the right way round.  010 is larger than 006
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Re: Petcock O Ring
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2008, 05:59:17 PM »
Gas will not affect Neoprene O-rings.
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Re: Petcock O Ring
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2008, 06:04:15 PM »
thanks for the information guys, i`m getting impatient now and this is slowing me down, got next week off and wanted to try and get it through rego.....
O ring is needed to make it a runner, and then the only iffy thing is the exhaust being loud, dont know the rules and regs on bikes here though
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Re: Petcock O Ring
« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2008, 06:19:34 PM »
Just find a dodgy mechanic who can do roadworthy's Trop.

My guy will just about pass anything (apart from safety items, of course) his thing is that if the RTA comes back at him for passing a loud pipe, for instance, he'll just say it's not the pipe that was on the bike when he did the inspection. Works for me........  ;D
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Re: Petcock O Ring
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2008, 06:23:09 PM »
no roadworthies here terry, have to take it to the department of transport for inspection....
going to try for an early appointment so they arent in a bad mood from a #$%*ty day
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Re: Petcock O Ring
« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2008, 06:26:23 PM »
Best-o-luck mate! ;D
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Re: Petcock O Ring
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2008, 07:32:18 AM »
Noise is an easy fudge, stop around the corner from the inspection site and restrict the exhaust opening with something like a large washer and some steel wool to hold it in place, just an idea.
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Re: Petcock O Ring
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2008, 07:36:51 AM »
elizabeth dared me to make some hilarious remark about petCOCKoRINGS  ???

me being the young and naive type... i'm not sure what she's getting at but she thinks your subject headings are pretty funny sometimes.                ;D ;) ;D

seriously, did someone say something about hard as a rock?  hmmm.   :P ;D 8)
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Re: Petcock O Ring
« Reply #13 on: March 23, 2008, 07:44:56 AM »
Quote from: heffay on March 23, 2008, 07:36:51 AM
elizabeth dared me to make some hilarious remark about petCOCKoRINGS  ???

me being the young and naive type... i'm not sure what she's getting at but she thinks your subject headings are pretty funny sometimes.                ;D ;) ;D

seriously, did someone say something about hard as a rock?  hmmm.   :P ;D 8)

your elizabeth sounds like my dawn lol
and i`ve had all the comments a dirty old woman ( dont tell her i said that though lol)  could come up with, dawn has been giving me hell since i made the mistake of telling her i needed the Oring..
OH well, we enjoy our bikes, they enjoy something else lol  :D ;D
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Re: Petcock O Ring
« Reply #14 on: March 23, 2008, 09:32:58 AM »
Quote from: troppo on March 23, 2008, 07:44:56 AM
Quote from: heffay on March 23, 2008, 07:36:51 AM
elizabeth dared me to make some hilarious remark about petCOCKoRINGS  ???

me being the young and naive type... i'm not sure what she's getting at but she thinks your subject headings are pretty funny sometimes.                ;D ;) ;D

seriously, did someone say something about hard as a rock?  hmmm.   :P ;D 8)

your elizabeth sounds like my dawn lol
and i`ve had all the comments a dirty old woman ( dont tell her i said that though lol)  could come up with, dawn has been giving me hell since i made the mistake of telling her i needed the Oring..
OH well, we enjoy our bikes, they enjoy something else lol  :D ;D

Shopping? Shoes?     :D ;D
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