• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

  • Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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1981-1983 (maybe others) Petcocks - Karcoma

steve1970

steve1970

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Is there a current source for a rebuild kit for the Karcoma petcock with the 16x1 threads that came on the 81 to 83 bikes? I searched the forum and found a few posts from a decade back or so that listed a kit that apparently had a disk seal that was too thick and another guy was talking about using a Suzuki part in place of it. I couldn't really determine the path to rebuilding these petcocks. I'm wondering what the best way to go is these days.

I have an 82 430 CR that I ride and an 81 430 CR that I'm slowly restoring and both have leaky Karcoma petcocks. I'd like to keep them in service vs putting on something modern.
 
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