spark comes and goes

[t5drew]

my banshee does not spark unless i kick it very frequently what could be causing this to happen. some thing i have been reading say that it could be the pickup gap. some say it is the stator how do i tell witch it is because the gap does seem very large to me and it ran befor i took it off to replace my crank. when i kick the heck out of it seems like it wants to start but then it just looses spark. some one please help me i miss my shee!

Edited October 8, 2010 by t5drew

[bansheerage]

my banshee does not spark unless i kick it very frequently what could be causing this to happen. some thing i have been reading say that it could be the pickup gap. some say it is the stator how do i tell witch it is because the gap does seem very large to me and it ran befor i took it off to replace my crank. when i kick the heck out of it seems like it wants to start but then it just looses spark. some one please help me i miss my shee!

 

 

 

 

 

Get a clymers manual and look at the specs. the gap is something like .015- .018

also you can ohm out your stator but thats not always 100% acurate.

[Larry's Shee]

Check all grounds are clean and tite, trim plug wires 1/4", clean stator pole and pick up lugs , gap p-u coil. Check/clean all electrical plugs/switches.

[TNTS355]

Check all grounds are clean and tite, trim plug wires 1/4", clean stator pole and pick up lugs , gap p-u coil. Check/clean all electrical plugs/switches.

 

Ditto......pick up gap is .018. Take the measurement from the pickup coil to the tit you see on the flywheel.

[AKheathen]

if it's every few kicks, then that means that the cdi is not being fed enough current from the stator. go ahead and set the pickup gap with a spark plug box flap on both nodes on the flywheel. how did you go about removing the flywheel, and could it have been dropped or damaged otherwise? ohm out the stator and pickup, and if you cannot find anything, check the flywheel magnets on the inside with a screwdriver. it should grab the screwdriver in 12 evenly spaced places inside, but not really much magnetic force on the outside of the flywheel. if that checks out, then it's likely the stator was damaged during handling/r&r

[t5drew]

tank you for all the info! it wound up being rust on the pickup i took some sand paper to it and now she sparks like new. I cant belive it was something that small it had me stumped. thanks again