Chip M Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 I just thought I should give some kind of update since the help I received in here and the parts help from F.A.S.T made it possible for me to get through my tear down and rebuild. I picked up a 96 Banshee (with title) that had not run in 2 years, covered in dust and mold. The previous owner got it locked in 2nd gear and figured it was a tranny problem. His cousin had tried to fix it and said it was going to be very expensive to fix. I gave him 500 bucks and loaded it in the truck. I found the shift shaft had a bad wobble at the fork that engages with the star on the shift drum. I was not sure that was all of the problem so I split the cases and found no problem except a tranny bearing that seems a little noisier than the rest. No slop in it ,just a little more noisy. New seals,one tranny bearing, shift shaft and the top end with all new gaskets and o-rings and I was putting it back together. Third kick it popped and bit me a little and the 4th kick it was running. It was sweet. I had cleaned the carbs and saw it had stock jets in it (maybe explain the melted piston)so I ordered up 2 carb rebuild kits and got 300 mains and 27.5 pilots. The forums in here and Jeff at FAST helped me to pick a good place to start. We will tune from there. Tonight I got the carb work finished and 2nd kick it was running. It is not near the built badass ride I see some of guys in here have but it will continue to grow. It has a .030 over stock bore, FMF Fatty's with powercore 2 silencers, ProDesign coolhead , VForce reed valves and K&N air filter. Runs great but have alot of room to grow for sure. I cannot thank all of the people that helped me in here enough. You have been great. I look forward to much time and info sharing in here. I will try to post the link to some pics of it if you would like to see it. Thanks again and RUN WFO!!!! http://photobucket.com/1996banshee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2otoofast4u Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 For once someone reprots back after they have asked questions and found some answers! And for once a "new guy" who just rips into the motor and learns first hand! Congrats on the score, you will be taking it apart again as soon as funds allow to make it faster I promise!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ticktock Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Nice looking shee brother and congrats! Awesome you were able to do the work yourself!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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