losiguy Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 Hello, a few days ago I was riding my buddys 93 banshee which I plan on buying. We have rode several times in the past month and it has done great, I was riding it, was in 1st gear and all of a sudden it started to bog, very slowly and died out. EXACTLY how it would act if it ran out of gas. So we thought it was that, turned out it wasnt. We took it back to his house and noticed when cranking it over with the kick start it was making a wierd noise coming from the stator. It also was not making spark on brand new plugs so we figured it was the stator. We took the cover and the flywheel off to find that the stator was a little loose, maybe moving an 1/8" back and forth, however the screws will not go any tighter. There was a little bit of metal shavings from it rubbing on the inside. Anybody ever had this happened before, how do we fix this? The stator appears to still be fine...Its almost like if you could back out the bolts and put a small washer on each one it would hold it steady but Im sure thats not the right way to fix it. :: Thanks! Quote
losiguy Posted December 31, 2006 Author Report Posted December 31, 2006 Hello, a few days ago I was riding my buddys 93 banshee which I plan on buying. We have rode several times in the past month and it has done great, I was riding it, was in 1st gear and all of a sudden it started to bog, very slowly and died out. EXACTLY how it would act if it ran out of gas. So we thought it was that, turned out it wasnt. We took it back to his house and noticed when cranking it over with the kick start it was making a wierd noise coming from the stator. It also was not making spark on brand new plugs so we figured it was the stator. We took the cover and the flywheel off to find that the stator was a little loose, maybe moving an 1/8" back and forth, however the screws will not go any tighter. There was a little bit of metal shavings from it rubbing on the inside. Anybody ever had this happened before, how do we fix this? The stator appears to still be fine...Its almost like if you could back out the bolts and put a small washer on each one it would hold it steady but Im sure thats not the right way to fix it. :: Thanks! Forgot to mention its a Ricky Stator 200w stator. Quote
letsgetthisdone Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 I'd call RS and tell them what happened. Sounds to me like anopther quality control issue with thier parts. Quote
losiguy Posted December 31, 2006 Author Report Posted December 31, 2006 I'd call RS and tell them what happened. Sounds to me like anopther quality control issue with thier parts. Hey thanks I emailed them. Anybody else have any idea's? Thanks! Quote
BenBB Posted January 2, 2007 Report Posted January 2, 2007 So the bolts bottoming out? Washers wouldn't hurt as long as the flywheel doesn't hit. But I'd also check the stator with an ohmmeter, and the pickup coil gap... Quote
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