Lost a reed Pedal

[Doddy]

My buddy lost a reed pedal when we were out at the dunes on Sunday. We can only assume that it got sucked up into the crank case. It was just one half of one side of a V-force III reed, so how bad could it be? Do we really need to tear the whole thing apart, split the cases and clean it up? Or do you think we could just put some gas in there slosh it around and dump it to get most of the debris out?

[SD1026]

I would split the cases and really clean everything up but maybe you will get lucky and the whole half will come out.

[Coupelx]

happened on my blaster, i replaced the reeds and called it a day.

[J-Madd]

I had that happen and replaced the reeds. It started running funny again and the old read had been regurgitated back into the intake. I doubt it could hurt much. Surely its softer than aluminum and will just be chewed up and exit the exhaust,...but then again, you may want to get some more opinions on this.

[jbooker82]

That is what I did too. Just figured the engine would chew and swallow it. I have also had them break and be blown back in to the air filter so you might check there.

[Doddy]

Sounds good guys...That's what I figured as well, I just didn't want some catastrophic failure do to a freaking tiny piece of carbon fiber. I'll relay the info and let him decide.

[bansheesandrider]

I have never had a whole petal break off, but the pieces that have broken off of mine have just ran through the engine and out the pipe no problem.

[jbooker82]

the only time I have had a whole peteal break off was when it sneezed back through the carb. That is when it blew the reed petal back in to the air filter.