Petcock Rebuild

[Supersport396]

Thanks Larry but how do you electrically isolate when the aluminum petcock body is in contact with the steel tank once the o ring is compressed?

[Larrym]

Actually.... (_Oo)

This is all possible due to the Yammy engineers design of the petcock itself. (^_^)

Iffin yur torquin the petcock base into the tank so much that it's squishing the O-ring FLAT and letting the aluminum petcock base make contact wit' the steel tank? (O_o)

Then YuR'a doin it WRONG. (︶︹︺)

The O-ring itself acts as the insulator. Genius, huh? ( ಠ‿<)

Other source of the unwanted "electrical continuity" is between the steel bolts/screws what go into the steel tank and the aluminum surface of the petcock base visible after the install. ﾍ(￣ー￣)ﾉ

But the yammy engineers put in fibrous/rubber insulating washers there so it won't happen. (◕‿◕)

BUT iffin someone don't center the petcock base bolt holes wit' the allen bolts threading into the steel tank the unwanted mechanical/electical connection can be made. ┐(´～｀)┌

Sounds difficult as solving a rubik's cube but the engineers made it as easy as they possibly could. ﾍ(￣ー￣)ﾉ

Just assemble things wit' reasonable care and then test it with a meter afterwards. No continuity between the petcock base and the tank means ya got it right. (; ꒪ö꒪)