Ahamay Posted September 12, 2005 Report Posted September 12, 2005 hey, ive got an 02 banshee thats been sitting a while . I unstuck the cylinders, cleaned the carbs (actually ended up cleaning them about 3 times), flushed the tank, and cleaned the airbox. After inspecting the reeds, and taking note of the 130psi per cylinder compression, i figured things would be set. There are no blockages in the exhaust either. My problem is, the engine will only start with motivation (carb clean, or the like down the cylinders.... i know..i know) and then when it does, it just doesnt feel right, and backfires out of the left cylinder randomly. Ive had many banshees and this one just doesnt have the grunt a typical banshee has.... anyone have any ideas? the machine is 100% stock. thanks guys, Quote
watkins Posted September 12, 2005 Report Posted September 12, 2005 1st question.... did you turn the gas on? 2nd question... did you check the plugs for spark? 3rd question... are the carbs put back together properly? After cleaning the carbs once I didnt tighten my pilot jet and it fell out producing similar results to what you are having. Quote
Ahamay Posted September 13, 2005 Author Report Posted September 13, 2005 hehe, yeah. Im a race team mechanic for dirtbikes, so im really familiar with 2 stroke design, and wrenching in general. Ive done all the typical trouble shooting. The backfiring leads me to believe it may be the TORS. exactly how do you d/c this stuff? i disconnected the box above the left cylinder, and the caps on the top of the carb tops.. it seemed at though the revs were hanging up (even though the carbs, and slides were operating properly. I made the mistake of swapping the carb tops accidentally on my first shee, and know what that feels like. this is different. Its consistent in power, but just sluggish, and doesnt even sound right. Quote
98bonerSTOCKshee Posted September 13, 2005 Report Posted September 13, 2005 hehe, yeah. Im a race team mechanic for dirtbikes, so im really familiar with 2 stroke design, 414337[/snapback] well mr race team mechanic get a clymers manual and study the wire diagrams I am pretty sure you can figure it out from there.. or search even harder on on the HQ it's here... Quote
watkins Posted September 13, 2005 Report Posted September 13, 2005 (edited) well mr race team mechanic get a clymers manual and study the wire diagrams I am pretty sure you can figure it out from there.. Edited September 13, 2005 by watkins Quote
Ahamay Posted September 14, 2005 Author Report Posted September 14, 2005 when i flushed the tank, i specifically bought gas for it, so the premix is only a couple days old now... I know... service manuals are nice. I'm convinced its Tors, and wanted to make sure i had disconnected it properly... Oh well, back to the drawing board. Quote
BansheeBillyBob Posted September 15, 2005 Report Posted September 15, 2005 dude if u disconnect the box the TORS prob is outa the question.... Quote
itsaripper Posted September 15, 2005 Report Posted September 15, 2005 Check the plug caps. Make sure they are not jumping inside. My caps were old and the spark was leaking out at low rpms, and so one cylender would miss. Then it would kick in and seam ok. Backfireing on a twostroke is lean on the jetting, unless there is some spark issue. Make sure your reeds are seating good on the cages too Quote
Ahamay Posted September 17, 2005 Author Report Posted September 17, 2005 yeah.. ive went over the typical 2 stroke stuff. jetting is spot on, so its not that. Im pretty sure its electrical. Going to verify i disconnected tors properly this weekend, and then go from there. thanks anyway guys Quote
Toomey Banshee Posted September 17, 2005 Report Posted September 17, 2005 follow the parking brake wire from the bars and disconnnect that as well. Quote
chris642 Posted September 17, 2005 Report Posted September 17, 2005 when i flushed the tank, i specifically bought gas for it, so the premix is only a couple days old now... I know... service manuals are nice. I'm convinced its Tors, and wanted to make sure i had disconnected it properly... Oh well, back to the drawing board. 415009[/snapback] it is not the tors. the tors would cause it to not rev above something rediculous like 2,000 RPM. check to see if the tip of your spark plug is lose, causing a ppor connection. better yet, just throw some new ones in there for the hell of it. try this first, its the little things that will drive you crazy!! Quote
98bonerSTOCKshee Posted September 20, 2005 Report Posted September 20, 2005 jetting is spot on? hum... Quote
[email protected] Posted September 20, 2005 Report Posted September 20, 2005 do what i did disconect the tors and disconect the parking break thumb throttle electrical junk clicker majigger . and itll Vrooooooooooooom Vroooooooom hopefully Quote
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