gonegrizzly Posted January 24, 2016 Report Posted January 24, 2016 Hey guys I went out riding today, ended up smashing a ditch in 4th and breaking my clutch lever clean off, when I got it running again it sounded fine then it started sounding like there was a fire cracker in my right cylinder and exhaust, not like it was back firing but it was just not firing then BOOM like a fire cracker, very noticiable over the other piston firing, did I blow my top end or did the impact of the ditch hop my float in the carb??? Quote
speeshee Posted January 25, 2016 Report Posted January 25, 2016 There are a lot of things that could be wrong. Could you tell us the story. I'd like to hear it and it might help find the problem Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote
gonegrizzly Posted January 25, 2016 Author Report Posted January 25, 2016 Went trail riding yesterday, came around a corner in 4th and ended up going through a drainage ditch in the middle of the trail, snapped the clutch lever off the bars and ended up stalling the quad, I pulled the clutch cable by hand got it into neutral and started the quad, left cylinder was firing just fine but you could tell the right cylinder wasn't firing properly just by looking at the exhaust coming from the silencer on the left vs the right, so I checked my spark plug wires to make sure they didn't hop off on impact by chance, nothing so I started riding and it back fired like a fire cracker on the right cylinder several times and wouldn't fire properly finally I limped it home and when I got to the yard I noticed it wasn't back firing anymore and I believe both cylinders were firing again, I really didn't wanna keep it running any longer to find out and possibly cause more damage so I parked it and asked around for a compression tester, so today after work im going to toss the compression tester on it to see if I threw a ring. A buddy of mine suggested that I fouled a plug so the fuel would just build build build in the cylinder and then fire at once causing the louder noise but I have a nack for never getting off that easy when my toys break Quote
trickedcarbine Posted January 25, 2016 Report Posted January 25, 2016 Get a manual and familiarize your self with it ASAP. It's clear this is all new to you and you really aren't sure where to start or what to even look for. The clymer manual will absolutely help with that. Quote
Larry's Shee Posted January 26, 2016 Report Posted January 26, 2016 Clean carbs, set float level, make sure float will shut flow off.. New plugs.. Because of wasted spark it is igniting excess fuel in pipe when ex port is open, but same plug is to wet to fire under compression. Quote
gonegrizzly Posted January 27, 2016 Author Report Posted January 27, 2016 UPDATE ran a compression test on both cylinders and they were both at 135 or so, put new plugs in and she's idling and running fine Quote
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