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I just had this problem a few days ago. I did everything from cleaning the carbs out four times, to swapping plugs and playing with all the settings. Turned out that my throttle slides weren't syncronized and the right side was opening up further than the left. Maybe that's it. It's easy to check.

Wow - I'm speechless. That was about the easiest fix ever. So what does this box do? Do they go bad regularly? Thank you VERY much for the help. I would never have known that.

....are you serious?? Seems too simple to be true.

How would I do that? Don't I need an idle kit to do it? To be honest, I'm about ready to sell the thing since I don't have the time or money for it, and really just want to get the thing running as quick as I can. Any other ideas? Thanks.

Hey there. I got my Banshee running perfect a few days ago after finding that my slides were out of sync. I took it riding and it ran perfect until I tried to go up this huge hill, and I couldn't make it, so I rolled back down and started to side-hill to turn around. Right then it died, and now it will start up first kick and idle fine, but as soon as I touch the throttle, it dies. I am completely at a loss. Anyone heard of this?? It was really dusty there....could that be part of the problem?

Okay, I took my air filter off and checked the slide sync. They are waaay off, the right one opens about 3/8 inch before the left one even budges from the idle position. At WOT, same thing, the right is open about 3/8 more than the left. I was thinking, maybe that 3/8 inch is enough for the right side to hit the power-ban, and suck even more fuel through that side, and completly dominating over the left? Could this be my problem? So I adjust the nut directly on top to move the slides? Thanks for any help.

Mine was doing that same exact thing last weekend in the sand....no answer yet though, sorry. I let you know if I figure something out.

Hey, thank you very much...this really helps. I'm going to have to wait a little bit for the new gaskets to come in, so it will be sitting for a few days. Our stupid quad shop NEVER has anything in stock. Also, I'm going to have to wait to get a compression guage, ours is for a v8 and won't work on the banshee. Sounds stupid, but which ones are the pilot jets? And also, how do I sync the slides? Thanks again for the help.... I really appreciate it.

I've cleaned and cleaned my carbs, too, and also checked the float levels. Mine still spit out. I don't know how to stop it.

Here's where I'm at now: I didn't drain the fuel out over winter. I know, it was stupid of me. I'm running 32:1 Benol w/ premium in it. I'm 99% sure all jets are cleared since I blew them all out for quite a long time. The TORS is still on the bike (stock carbs). Yes, both carbs still have the L-brackets holding the cap tight. For syncing the slides, whats the proper way to do that? Plugs are new and gapped. I pulled out the reeds and they're fine. I'm going to buy all new gaskets and try that. Like I said, I'm getting good spark and fuel. It's the wierdest thing, it idles fine, and at WOT one side seems to completely shut down. Still stumped, I'm no carb expert here. I'm going to drain it all and start with fresh fuel - man I would feel stupid. Thanks for the help, and if there are any more ideas, please, let me know.

Yeah, they are on there correctly because the choke is on the left carb, the threaded hole I was talking about is on the right carb. I took them apart seperately to make sure nothing was mixed or swapped, so I'm positive they are correct. I wonder if my left plug wire has been stripped or split somewhere? I'm really up in the air on this one.

Choke balance tube is connected. And are you asking if the slides are swapped because they are in the correct carbs. I'm worried now that it's something internal, but it has to be something simple. Any more ideas? Oh by the way, let's see if I can point this out - on the left side of my right carburator, just in front of the brass fuel nipple, there is a threaded hole. Did something vibrate out of that or is there nothing that threads into this? It's funny I've never noticed it before. Thank you for the help.

Hey there.... I have an '02 banshee, basically stock (T-6's, 280 main jet, toomey filter), and didn't get to ride much over winter...so it just sat in the shop. Last weekend, I went to Sand Lake, Oregon, and TRIED to ride this thing. Every time I took off, it would bog-out VERY bad on the bottom-end, like it was just drowning in fuel. I was feeling like crap, and didn't want to mess with it, so I just put up with it. I couldn't make it around in first gear without having to feather the clutch. It only had power up past the power-band, absolutely nothing below that. Anyway, it ran so bad I lost to a 400EX stocker....I took it home, took off the carbs and cleaned them out, blew EVERYTHING out, clean as a whistle (I think). I set everything back to where toomey suggested (float height, needle groove, fuel/air screw adjustment). Put the carbs back on, started it up, and it idles fine with both cylinders firing like perfect. As soon as I get on it, though (about 1/4 throttle), it seems like the left cylinder almost completely shuts off (fires about every third time I'm guessing), and I'm only running on the right cylinder. I'm getting fuel and I'm getting spark to both sides. So maybe I have a bad gasket or seal?? I haven't ridden the crap out of this bike so the motor should still be strong. I will check the comp. tommorow. Please, any help is greatly appreciated here. Thank you.