3rd piston ring please help
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Is it possible by not installing the wire ring that goes beneath the 2nd ring could cause the bike to lose compression resulting with extremely low power and not riding past 2nd?
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@Calum know anything bud?
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I have never bothered to install them.
It really depends on the tolerances. It wouldn't pull in any gear if it was that much of an issje.
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@calum it's just really strange does my head in thanks for your time mate
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Something isn't right if you are losing compression mate.
Are you sure this is what is happening?
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@calum not at all I've got it down to either fueling under load or weak spark under load as on the garden it's okay but if I take it out and select 2nd the bike comes to a stop at the end of the gear then after that it starts running weird like a splutter withough the noise if you know what I mean then I have to push it as it won't ride at all but will still run and rev
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@declan well , is your clutch set up properly? I mean the tension .
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@zrako yeah, if it's losing power under load then it sounds like clutch is slipping.
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@calum the clutch was in a bad state but since I got a new lever and adjuster it will pop the front wheel up but it's losing the power after initially using the clutch it feels good but after then it's losing power I don't believe it to be the clutch but I really thought it was till I got a new lever the other day before that I could redline drop the clutch and barely move
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@declan is there plenty of free play on the lever?
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@zrako yes mate
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Yeah but the load on the clutch in 1st is going to be minimal.
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@calum so what would you lean to will bad plates have this effect?
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@declan Wouldn't be a bad place to start.
An idea would be to see if it pulls fine with no load on the engine.
So first just put the bike on a paddock, start it and go through all the gears. If that works no problems then jump on bike and od the same but keep it part throttle only. No load.
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@calum I've tried it with no load it works pretty much as it should
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@declan With load on the engine does it revs hard and no power. Clutch is slipping then.
Either adjust it or replace it.
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@calum no it lacks power off the line when moving its decent shift into 3rd the revs die down to a slow idle and you go about 3mph
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@declan Nah doesn't sound like clutch then.
Sounds like it's a carb setting.
Take the plug out and have a look.
Could simply just not getting enough fuel.
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@calum that's what I'm thinking as after I try hit 3rd and stop it feels starved not revving clean and real slow idle but sorts it's self out after a rest I've been doing some tests as it's got an open filter not the box as I have no rubber or filter for the air box but I haven noticed anything by restricting air flow
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@declan Sounds like fueling to me mate.
