finished engine rebuild

[Travis22]

SURPRIZE !! Get a large drain pan and catch as much as possible, pull drains on cyl. Or you could get an easy drain cover for the next time. Good luck !! Let us know how it goes.

 

 

 

Well first of all thank you everyone that has given me ideas as to what it could have been! the clutch arm was not in the correct position, but!!!... there are two larger washers that go in between the clutch housing (thrust washer) and the clutch center. some how i put the two together on the clutch housing side. so once i noticed that by disecting the entire clutch and looking at the haynes manual part for part i very quickly noticed what was wrong... i have a couple of questions about my banshee now. what spark plugs should i use? i have ngk BR8ES in it now. it seems to have good throttle response down low and and exciting mid range but the top sounds like its sputtering or not quite firing correctly. what ratio of oil and gas should i use? im running it right around 30:1. normally i would run it 32:1 but i wanted plenty of lubrication. i see in the haynes manual it says to run it between 24:1 to 20:1. in which case im lean... any input would be great. its a 1991 banshee. also they call for B8ES for 1987-2000 and BR8ES for 2001-2006. thank you everyone once again for the input!!!

[Larry's Shee]

B8 and BR8 are same heat range, Br has resistor built in to cut radio interferance. 32:1 should be fine ,use good oil. Sputtering might be from a tad rich on main jet. Glad to see you got the clutch figured out.

[mdopole]

for the sputtering check the gap between the stator and flywheel. Mine was to big and was having the same sputtering on the top end like you described. Set it to .017.

[Larry's Shee]

for the sputtering check the gap between the stator and flywheel. Mine was to big and was having the same sputtering on the top end like you described. Set it to .017.

Good call on that ,had'nt thought of that. Also make sure lugs on flywheel are clean.

[Travis22]

Good call on that ,had'nt thought of that. Also make sure lugs on flywheel are clean.

 

 

so looking at my manual again in the CDI Magneto check, it doesnt say how to adjust anything???

[Larry's Shee]

On stator side at five o'clock next to flywheel is pick-up coil (about 1 in square). There are two nubs on wheel 180* apart that stick about 1/8 inch. Gap between those and pick-up coil is .017 or thickness of business card or match book. Two screws hold it and are used to adjust it.

[Travis22]

On stator side at five o'clock next to flywheel is pick-up coil (about 1 in square). There are two nubs on wheel 180* apart that stick about 1/8 inch. Gap between those and pick-up coil is .017 or thickness of business card or match book. Two screws hold it and are used to adjust it.

 

 

well i tore that all apart yesterday and that wasnt it. so im leaning towards a jetting issue. my jet kit is on the way. i also bought the TORs eliminator kit so im waiting to tear the carbs out and install the Tors kit and jet kit at the same time. i did notice that my flat spot on the top end moves to the bottom end once it been ridden for 10-15 minutes. i was able to take the shee down the road and man does that thing fly once the tires stop spinning. im used to my 400ex and bought a kx 125 bike. i fell in love with the power delivery of the 2 stroke. so on hard pack surfaces with the shee its like riding a rocket! i will let you all know how the rest of the installation goes. once i get some better looking plastics(someone spray painted them b4 i got it) i will post pics!