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rl153 Serious Thumper Offline S40 Just right! Posts: 906 Bloomfield,CT Gender:	Changing Petcock Question 10/23/12 at 19:11:58 I'm not doing this yet ,but I was wondering if you have to remove the tank to change the petcock,it looks like not.
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redsticksavage YaBB Newbies Offline 2006 S40 Posts: 19 Baton Rouge, La Gender:	Re: Changing Petcock Question Reply #1 - 10/23/12 at 19:21:48 I did not remove it to change it.
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rl153 Serious Thumper Offline S40 Just right! Posts: 906 Bloomfield,CT Gender:	Re: Changing Petcock Question Reply #2 - 10/23/12 at 19:26:18 thanks
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Changing Petcock Question Reply #3 - 10/23/12 at 20:21:59 It would be harder if the tank was off. That said,, Ohhh Do be sure & put it on prime, with the hose off the carb, pointed into a gas can & drain it..
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J C Stokes Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 159	Re: Changing Petcock Question Reply #4 - 10/23/12 at 20:50:44 There's an excellent post on doing this in the tech section. Just make sure you run a litle into reserve before changing. Less time draining the tank that way.
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J C Stokes Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 159	Re: Changing Petcock Question Reply #5 - 10/23/12 at 20:56:54 txsizzlers post page 4 of the tech section.
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Re: Changing Petcock Question
Reply #6 - 10/23/12 at 23:43:04

I did the Raptor petcock and pulled my tank off. I don't think you have to remove it all the way, if you can lift it up and put something underneath it so you have some working room without disconnecting the speedo cable, you should be able to get it off the tank.

And make sure you let it drain in the prime position first like noted above.

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Re: Changing Petcock Question
Reply #7 - 10/24/12 at 05:21:39

On my bike it was impossible to remove the tank with the stock petcock in place - the back of the petcock hit the frame and had to be removed before the tank would clear the frame. Therefore......removing the stock petcock was required with the tank mounted on the bike. You might as well just put the Raptor on with the tank still mounted to the frame.....it is easy and only requires the removal and replacement of 2 screws. After draining the tank there will be a small amount of fuel that drips out when you take out the original petcock - have a rag in place to catch the drips.

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Boofer Serious Thumper Offline Nearly too old. Posts: 1760 N Ms Gender:	Re: Changing Petcock Question Reply #8 - 10/24/12 at 18:26:13 You don't have to remove it. Just set a gas can on a block or something so you can drain the tank on prime. My petcock has bolts with hex heads AND phillips head slots also. 20 minute job.
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