Petcock spacer

Cribby

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i see on eBay some used peacocks for sale but with an additional spacer, on my bike the petcock bolts straight to the tank, why the need for spacers?

Ant
 
Couple? years 73? 79? the petcock used didn't clear the tank seam without the spacer.
 
I've seen a few of those spacers. The 70-72 petcocks were very tight against the tank. Later petcocks were spaced a bit away from the tank. I always thought that the spacers were used on "left-over" 70-72 factory petcocks so that they could be used on later years tanks. So that the outlet hose would clear the seam as gggGary suggested.
 
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