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Message started by saabsaviur on 11/16/05 at 11:20:40

Title: tech Question Fuel
Post by saabsaviur on 11/16/05 at 11:20:40

alright how does the petcock work is it just a simple little valve insode or what? my bike runs like crap when it in regular position but on reserve it runs great the screen in the tank is clean? do these thing malfunction are the rebuildable?

Title: Re: tech Question Fuel
Post by Reelthing on 11/16/05 at 11:36:26

They're vacuum operated in the On and Res setting and fuel runs straight through it on pri. The pickup for the On is like 2 inches taller than the Res pickup - posted a picture around here someplace on the measurements.

reduildable? - maybe they can cause you a lot of grief if the diaphram leaks - if you run well on Res but not with On - I'd pull the petc0ck and have a look - you can remove the screen/filter/pickup tube - but be very careful as it can break rather easy

I did see one on ebay with some other parts recently for not much -

New they are like $45 from crotchrocket.com

Title: Re: tech Question Fuel
Post by Reelthing on 11/16/05 at 11:43:23

here's some info and a link to a possible mod

checked crotchrocket.com is $48.06 + ship

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=RubberSideDown;action=display;num=1122327221;start=19#19

Title: Re: tech Question Fuel
Post by Manxman on 11/18/05 at 06:31:49

There is a less expensive alternative to replacing the stock fuel valve with another stock valve. Non-vacuum valves are available from sources like Bikers Choice for under $15. Combined with a Pingle adapter plate you can have a valve with on-off-reserve for under $30 including shipping. Here is a link to the Yamaha 650 site that goes through installing a valve. Pingle makes an adapter plate that has pre-drilled bolt holes for different metric applications. If you want to keep the vacuum function you can buy Harley style valves that are vacuum operated.

http://www.650motorcycles.com/Petcock.html

If the link doesn't work (because of the word "petc0ck" try typing the following in your browser:

http://www.650motorcycles.com/Petcock.html and substitute the correct work for Petthingy.

I tried to edit it to allow a link to function and it worked on preview but not in actual use. Bleh!

Rob (Savage_Rob)