DevilDriver Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 ok heres the situation. went riding over the weekend and shee ran good for most the day. about half way through the day it seamed one side of the motor was cutting out. by the end of the dayu i had alot of cutting out and hesitation. i limped it almost home before it died in some shallow mud. got it home and did some looking. one side of the plusgs was fouled so i poped 2 new plugs in. upon further inspection i saw someone removed the TOR and had some wires tied up. i ran a search and have disconnected the whole system at the little black box. started up and ran ok. its running a bit low and rough for idle. i removed the linkage for the parking brake and i cut down the mount on the handle bar. there was that little safety switch that wont let the motor rev unless its pushed in. it attaches into the side of the mount where the park beake is. i chopped that and it still ran fine so i know its not that. i took it for a ride around the yard and as i was pulling into the garage i ran over the bump into it and the carbs sounded like they loaded right up quick and it died. it hasnt run since. ive tried kicking it over dozens of times but nothing. the carbs were leaking some gas, so i took out the plugs and took off the air filter and let it set for an hour or so to dry out incase of flooding. i reassembled it all and still nothing. t is still leaking gas from the overflow tubes on the carbs. i pulled the needles out of the tops and looked down in for dirt or something but saw nothing. blew them out with compressed air and reassembled. tryed again and still nothing. the outer edges of the plugs are a little wet but the electrodes were dry. im stumped. do the carbs need to be taken off and gone through? is something in the electrical loose? thanks in advance for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reas11 Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 i would almost guarantee your carbs are dirty, either clogged pilot jets or main jets .. clean them good make sure u clean the bowls , pilots mains, needle , and clean your air filter .. also make sure when u put the carbs back in the choke tube . the little hose that connects the carbs is back in place . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilDriver Posted June 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 aaah thanks for the help. i will pull them off tomorrow and TOTALLY go through them and clean them. the guy i got this bike from said he had the carbs off once in the past 8 months or so to clean them out. i was kinda thinkin something was hanging up somewhere thus the gas leaking. thanks for the help and i ll post back tomorrow when i get them cleaned out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilDriver Posted June 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 well i spent 4 hours going through everything from the reeds back and dissassembling them, cleaning them with compressed air, every little part. put it all back together and nothin. i ve got strong spark, gas, hmm check compression. as your sitting on the bike the right cylinder had a whoping 65 lbs of pressure and the left had an astonishing 75 lbs of pressure. im taking it over to a friend of a friend who is a total banshee head, have him verify my findings and then start savin for parts for a total top end rebuild. its a 2002 and from what ive seen here every 2-3 years for a rebuild is common and its been about that. i dont think any of the previous owners have been inside except to clean the carbs. parts for .020-.040 will probrobly be what? $200 or so? and cylinder work another $150? is that about right? just tryin to figure out hom much i need, and may as well ditch the stock exhaust while im doin all this, along with some reeds, spacers, jets, etc etc. any suggestions for exhaust? what seams to work the best on Banshees? thanks for the help guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 (edited) pistons are $150, jug work around here is $55 a hole. and be sure that when you run the compression check that you kick it 3 or so times with the throttle wide open Edited June 24, 2004 by therail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilDriver Posted June 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 yup i held it WOT and kicked it about 6-8 times just to make sure it was reading full and did it 2 times each cylinder. well at least with a coupel hundred bucks i ll be back up and running motor wise. pipes will be more though. thanks for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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