Petcock Rebuild Kit

[damien]

Difficulty on a scale of 1 to 10? Also where is a good place to get one for a 97 600?

[ZukiFred]

As long as you keep track of how you took all the pices out it is a simple job.
I have seen many kits on ebay.

[Jax]

As long as you keep track of how you took all the pices out it is a simple job.
I have seen many kits on ebay.

...I did it once an messed it up...not too difficult but keep a digital camera handy and take photos of the stuff while you take it apart...that way you can see how to put it back together..

[damien]

good idea with the camera Jax! I hate messing stuff up... I made drawings when i did my carbs... like leonardo davinci.

[steves]

It was probably the simplest thing that I've done to the katana. Make sure to get the fuel out of your tank first of course....

[damien]

cool got it ordered... 22$ sound right? I love ebay.

[ZukiFred]

$22 sounds like a fair price to me.
The only problem I have with mine after I finished is that it works backwards, Res is in the prime poisition and prime is in the res position..

[damien]

oh well... I can live with that i suppose...

[steves]

You should be alright. I think like $20 was what I paid for the last one that SpecialK had.

[md86]

Yeah , it's not TOO hard if you watch how it comes apart . But if it comes down to it , it's also easy enought to see how the parts work and put it bak together accordingly . I've done it that way a couple times .

[Trigger]

You should be alright. I think like $20 was what I paid for the last one that SpecialK had.

Your lucky, mine is 3.5 times that for a new one because they don't make a rebuild kit

[Knucklehead]

My petcock is shot too. I just ordered one of the $22 ebay kits.

[Knucklehead]

So I planned this as a two part event. This evening, I drained and removed the tank. Next, I'll tackle the petcock and I hope I'll have the rebuild kit tomorrow or at the end of the week at the latest.

Ok my question. I assume I'll have to remove the petcock from the tank to do this...or will I. I'm just thinking of the seal (o-ring I think) between the petcock and the tank leaking afterwards.

[md86]

Well , it'll make it easier , but I don't THINK you'd have to .... But you might as well . I'm sure it'll cause less cursing that way . But if the tank weren't drained already , that'd just cause a big mess .

[Knucklehead]

Yeah no doubt it'll be easier to work with and I'm all for as less of a pain in the @ss as possible. I'm sure half way through this I'll be wondering why I even tried this.