Help! Metal shaving on riggt reeds, back firing out of right tail pipe low power while riding

[AlkyHogBanshee]

Jus bought a '97 alky drag banshee n I'm having trouble... cleaned carbs and replaced reed petals (right reed petals were torn to pieces )... ran fine 5 passes at da track afterwards... next day kick locked up on me but freed shortly after... but thn low power back firing out right tail pipe n oil leaks... removed carbs and reeds... metal shavings(piles n piles) were on Jus the right reed case n petals... thn noticed right piston was shaky n scratched up a Lil... wut could b the problem???

[04zSpittinKlotz]

just a guess.... that cyl blew!!! compression test it

[AlkyHogBanshee]

Ok... if so thn wut should I do?? And where would the metal shavings come from?? New to repairs, trying to get a Lil understanding ...

[04zSpittinKlotz]

the shavings could come from anything in there piston, rings, ect... do a compression test on both cylinders, then a leak down. and most likely your motor will fail one or both, then tear down and inspect everything. either get yourself a clymers or start doing a bunch of research on here. you'll get it figured out

[AlkyHogBanshee]

Ok thanks

[BUILDER]

No reason to do any testing. If you have shaving in the reeds you need to pull the cylinders off. The only way you get shavings in there is from loosing a piston. Pull the head and the cylinders off and take a look at things, If you want you can take a compression test you can the side with the shavings will be way low on compression.

[AlkyHogBanshee]

Whn I pulled the reeds... I can wiggle the right piston wit my finger and can see scratches on the sides...

[Finch]

when you bought this did you have any exp. with alky? and ya better tear down the bottom to and get all the metal out of the motor before you put it back together

[troyzstang]

Sounds like KABOOM to me. Pull the top and take a look. Do yourself a favor and tear it all the way down. DO NOT simply flush the motor.

DO IT RIGHT the first time. Please don't ask me how I know.

 

 

Troy

[Starwriter]

If you pull the spark plug and it's smashed, that's bad.

 

If you pull the right pipe and you can see the connecting rod, that's bad.

 

If you shake out the pipe and pieces of piston fall out, that's bad.

[AlkyHogBanshee]

New to ally and I plan on tearing it all down... plugs are new... 4 or 5 rides on them... still look new... thought maybe it was Jus a wrist pin broke... will find out shortly