RE: Looking for your new unused petcock rebuild kit / O-ring

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RE: Looking for your new unused petcock rebuild kit / O-ring

RE: Looking for your new unused petcock rebuild kit / O-ring 
rokman said 2015-08-18 00:34 
 
Thanks for the two messages, Ken. I´ve also checked on eBay and may just get them there. Cheap - just hope they fit and are of good quality.
I love the radian. Had mine since ´98 and finally starting to tear into it. It´s in excellent cosmetic shape and it ran very well three years ago, BUT I am pretty sure the clutch is slipping. When I pin it, the RPM´s shoot up and I don´t get all the response to the wheels I used to. So: I started tearing it apart. First thing I did: petcock. Still need to address that, hence coming to this forum. Next thing I did: Removed the carbs and cleaned the heck out of em. Found a small issue on carb 2 with a misaligned o-ring on one of the jets which caused moisture to enter the carbs and likely caused issues. Cleaned that up, straightened out the washer and reassembled the carb. Haven´t reinstalled it yet though; hope to before September comes. Going to order a new air filter for it as well; was pretty gnarly when I removed it a couple months ago. what else, what else: A couple of the plastic holding pins and rubber grommets are broken / missing off of the side covers (cosmetic obviously)... I may dig into the cylinder head and the crank case over the next year or two.... oh boy the fun is just beginning! Digression over. Thanks. 
 
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