I went out today to install a new fuel filter. As I was removing my fuel tank, I had already removed the spring clamp and was pulling the fuel line off the petcock the brass nipple came out with the hose.

I drained the tank and removed the petcock and disassembled it. I cleaned the nipple and petcock body very good with scotch bright and brake clean. I had some JB weld, the 4 minute kind, I put a very thin coat on the tube and reinstalled it in the body. I tapped it in firm with a soft hammer, let it set for a hour then put fuel back in it.

Every thing is good to go, no leaks. With that said, I am not going to trust it to stay put. I went pumpless 2 weeks ago and saw that some one said the pingel was not necessary for being pumpless. I priced a new Yamaha petcock and the pingel was not that much more. So I bought the Pingel.

To say that I was not shocked when that hose came off in my hand is an understatement.

All you would have had to do was tap it back in. I've had mine do that But you'll be fine,I doubt it will ever come apart again. I'll file that fix away for future reference.

Yea, it's a WTF moment. The tube is just pressed in so sometimes the fit is good, sometimes it's not.

I went with the pingle (pumpless) because it is so easy to operate, Even with a heavy glove on it's a one finger operation. You'll like it

I've had that happen. Just tap it back in

I did the same thing once. Scared me also. Just tap it back in. Haven't had any problems in over 10,000 miles since it happened.

+1 on it happening to me and on using the JB Weld!

Ditto,clean it and tap it back in,no worries.

yep,guess it happens to alot of us.. mine has been good now for 2 years after i tapped it back in..

Who carries the pingel replacement?

Well this thread would have saved me $130 bucks. I thought I broke the darn thing when it came off. Oh well...extra replacement parts for future use.