How to fit a new cork for a fuel tap
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How to fit a new cork for a fuel tap
Hi there, this is my first post. All i need to know is how to get this cork on the fuel tap:
Thanks for your help!
Thanks for your help!
Re: How to fit a new cork for a fuel tap
Find a suitable size socket, that will accept the cork end while giving good support to the pull piece disc[not just the edge of it]. Set the piece you show[tap minus cork] in the socket, cork side down. Find a suitable drift, or make one say from a broken drill 7/64" or slightly smaller equivalent diameter. Use it to hammer the shaft visible in the center of the tap pull disc, until you have it free, place cork on in correct place on shaft and reassemble. Now with the cork end metal piece resting on a suitable metal surface use a pointed tool lightly hammered [small hammer] to swell the end of the shaft visible in the center of the disc. I find that a spring loaded center marker for metal work seems to do a quick job, after several applications.
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Re: How to fit a new cork for a fuel tap
Sorry, i didn't get any of that :S XD
Any change of a url or some pictures of the process?? Thanks
Any change of a url or some pictures of the process?? Thanks
Re: How to fit a new cork for a fuel tap
Maybe I can explain in downunder language Turn the f.cker upside down. Put it in something so you can belt the center spindle out. Belt spindle out with nail, broken drill etc. Shove cork on. Put it back together and belt the end of spindle so it wont come out again. Coat with vaseline. Easy huh.
Oh yeah... belt with hammer not fist.
Oh yeah... belt with hammer not fist.
Re: How to fit a new cork for a fuel tap
Thanks Hugz, its good a few of you down there are bilingual. There's a little "grist for the mill" Hope they are going to have translators at the Olympics, so we can understand what you Aussies are saying.
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Re: How to fit a new cork for a fuel tap
Phil I think the direct translation for you North Americans, I mean the continent not the country,
Bilingual in the context of Austrailians means "speaks with forked tongue".
Bilingual in the context of Austrailians means "speaks with forked tongue".
Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.
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Re: How to fit a new cork for a fuel tap
hehe thanks you for your help guys! I will try and do this tomorrow
Re: How to fit a new cork for a fuel tap
Thx guys, I need to do same job once new cork located...
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Re: How to fit a new cork for a fuel tap
Just forget the cork.
It will leak when it dries out.
I have the same fuel taps at my motorcycles.
Best way is to fit 4 or 5 suitable Viton O-rings.
They are fuel resistant and will slide over easily with some lubricant.
Good luck
It will leak when it dries out.
I have the same fuel taps at my motorcycles.
Best way is to fit 4 or 5 suitable Viton O-rings.
They are fuel resistant and will slide over easily with some lubricant.
Good luck
Re: How to fit a new cork for a fuel tap
On the main website there are instructions for
- Rejuvenating a dried out cork.
- Replacing corks
- Preventing corks drying out
Re: How to fit a new cork for a fuel tap
Here's a Better Idea Yet
Toss it in the scrap
Put on a ball valve with a butterfly handle
Toss it in the scrap
Put on a ball valve with a butterfly handle
Re: How to fit a new cork for a fuel tap
Somewhere along the line we are moving away from the idea of having them original. Next, somebody will be making a retro seagull!
Re: How to fit a new cork for a fuel tap
Now there's an idea.
A re-production Seagull. Just imagine. No leaks & drips & smoke. Easy starting & quiet running. And real HP
But, then again, who would buy that?
A re-production Seagull. Just imagine. No leaks & drips & smoke. Easy starting & quiet running. And real HP
But, then again, who would buy that?
Re: How to fit a new cork for a fuel tap
...no drips, quiet running, little smoke?
Ah, you mean the QB series! - And no not many people did buy them.
Ah, you mean the QB series! - And no not many people did buy them.
Re: How to fit a new cork for a fuel tap
Resurrecting an old thread here ....
I've just replaced a couple of corks - the first I soaked in water for an hour - went on sort-of ok(ish) with the help of some Vaseline .... but the tap is still a tad stiff.
The second I soaked overnight in warm water with a single drop of washing-up liquid added (to help wet the dry cork) - the difference is amazing. Cork became 'spongy' - went on a dream (with Vaseline, of course) - and tap easy to operate straight away. Gotta be the recommended method.
I've just replaced a couple of corks - the first I soaked in water for an hour - went on sort-of ok(ish) with the help of some Vaseline .... but the tap is still a tad stiff.
The second I soaked overnight in warm water with a single drop of washing-up liquid added (to help wet the dry cork) - the difference is amazing. Cork became 'spongy' - went on a dream (with Vaseline, of course) - and tap easy to operate straight away. Gotta be the recommended method.