my zx50 issues

[wordslinger]

HOLY HOMECOMING BATMAN


..wow...reminds me of the time i got left in Spartanburg SC...had to hitch..(walk mostly) all the way back to Charlotte NC...up interstate 85..in 90 degree weather with 14 bucks in my pocket...

..a trucker picked me up near charlotte and dropped me off at the highway 220 exit in Greensboro...where i again walked to the randolph county line...

..persuaded a Randolph county sherriff to take me home from there..

..about 14 hours total..

..i slept for 22 hours following...

[thebatman]

i hear ya there word, that way sucked ass...........                                               NEW UPDATE::::   THAT OIL WASNT IT!!!!. went to do plug chop, rode her around to make sure she was warm enough, came back to end of rd, died when i let off throttle.   started back rode a mile or two, died, wouldnt start for about 5 min. started, died again wot, came up drive wot with nrakes on, died as soon as i got to the top.....                    well THIS ISSUE has EVERYBODY stumped....evven any/all local shops have no idea..oh, well one shop said my belt was shot...W.T.F???  UHHHHHH, NO!!.....well, in the middle of the countryside, no scooter

[art]

  That may be your stator going out. Got to check for spark!!! Thats the way mine started and finally died. Could be coil or plug cap also.

[wordslinger]

..lol..well, we all know it ain't your belt, so don't go back to THAT shop...

 

[thebatman]

    i know thats right.....he was a tech at the dealer here too......  well art, this stator is only about a yr old.(changed it before when i had no lights)... the plug cap is only about 2 mths old... the spark looked ok to me..it wws hard to start today but i figured since it sat for so long, changing oil...but even just now, she didnt want to start. came in cuz she didnt. she had started easy earlier today tho, just one kick several times......what about you talking about play at the crank shaft?....today, she seemed ok UNTILL she was real warm then she started acting up again...

[wordslinger]

talking about play at the crank shaft

..my crankshaft on my a50 has always, since the first time i was in my cvt, moved in and out, laterally, about 3 mm.....

..the ppl's crank does not move at all...

[thebatman]

mine does seem to move but only about 1/2-1mm....    this is just fkn me up, i seem to be lost.....unless scotty was right by saying: "by fixing the petcocks vaccum, you may have actually "broke" it" how can you break something by fixing it??.  i have tried to spray w/carb cleaner everywhere, didnt seem to mess rpms up any.....

[art]

 I have slight up and down movement on the people 50(not good!) On the s200 there is a bit of in and out no up and down. That is how my stator acted sit over night and would fire right up try to make it around the block after wormed up and would start acting up limp it home turn off no start till next day. while its not starting pop the plug cap throw another plug in it to test for spark.

[wordslinger]

..i just measured the crank's lateral movement...

..it's more like 1.1mm....

..no up and down at all...

[art]

  Yep up and down is not good. The in and out seems to be normal on the 4t. I'm wondering if hammering the veriator on and off a few thousand times has anything to do with it  

[wordslinger]

I'm wondering if hammering the veriator on and off a few thousand times has anything to do with it 

..i clamp my drive face with a pair of "Vise_Grip" vise-clamps, lodge it against my boot and remove the nut with a 17mm socket on a 3/8" drive S&K ratchet...

..never has a power tool touched my scoot...

..never will...

 

[wordslinger]

..can't do that with the people...the drive face is flush with the casing...so i have a special screwdriver that i lodge between the drive face's teeth and the casing...

..use the same ratchet and socket to work th' nut...


..yup..still no power tools...

 

[sidthesloth]

Clutch holder, 17mm socket on slide bar, no need for belting.

[art]

  Some days I was poping it on and off 10 times an hour. You could hear the motor resignate almost like a fine crystal glass. I remember thinking that might not be good for all that was attached. Hmmm  

[thebatman]

not good for a zx or period?   dont tell me this crap, thats MAJOR sh**..... what yall do, go research somewhere just then?     i have taken variator off a 1000 times for sure, usually use my pissy ass portable air compresser...surely thats not MY problem with her. THAT WOULD WAAAY FREAKN BLOW!!!...  i really cant afford to play the guessing game at this point, this week, or next week.   i always hated playing the guessing game... imma go out right now and check spark in the dark....well the manual says squat anywhere, does say the bearing can have what looks like up to 1mm either way, up,down or in,out..hmm(id have to measure the manual lines. ), trouble shooting is crap in it... i just looked at plug with porch light on, its pretty and blue to me..