Stuck flywheel

[Mech]

Reverse the wires..  See my post above.

It's too complicated to explain all the possible variations but it's very likely that turning the key off allows the cdi to drain of power, which then means the first negative pulse of the trigger fires the cdi, after that, the cdi's charged(incorrectly) to a positive charge which won't allow the negative pulse to take the trigger voltage low enough to trigger the cdi..

Cdi can need a positive or a negative pulse to trigger them, and they can trigger on a rising or a dropping point in the ac wave.

Swap the wires, one pair at a time. First reverse the cdi charge wires and try, then try reversing the trigger wires and try. Then, leave the trigger wires reversed and swap the charge wires back to how they were originally. You need to try every combination..

[Sketchy]

Will try that tomorrow,  thanks again. 

[Sketchy]

I  traced wires from cdi and found a connector from the stator where the green/white and blue/white wires were reversed.  Swapped them to match,  pulled both plugs and have continuous spark on both sides.  Gave it a shot of ether and it fired up.   I'll continue to check the wiring mainly because I've found several wires that are cracked and a couple that got hot a are stuck together.  Thanks for the help,  I  seem to be making progress. 

[Mech]

Good one !

[Sketchy]

Time for another question from a rookie......I got spark to both cylinders and put a splash of gas in the tank to see if I could get the engine to fire, it does with a shot of ether so I want to try gas.  When the gas reached the carbs, it flowed straight through.  I'm thinking of replacing both carbs but not sure I can find exact replacements.  Any thoughts about this ? Thanks!!

[Gwbarm]

Do you mean the float valve in the carb didn't shut off the gas, if so you could drop the carb bowl and try cleaning the needle and seat. 

[Sketchy]

Thanks,  I'm not real familiar with carburetor works,  but that makes sense.  This machine hasn't run for a long time so I bet the carbs are gummed up. 

[Sketchy]

[Gwbarm]

What bike is this? 2 cylinder. I would keep the parts from each carb separate there may be small differences in castings. May not make any difference but that is what I do. 

[Sketchy]

It's a atv my neighbor "donated " to me.  I've sorted out most of the electrical issues and am moving on to see if it will run.  I've got it to fire with ether,  and ran into carb issues trying with fuel. 

[johniii]

You could drop the carb bowls and see how it looks in there. Possibly gummed up?

[Sketchy]

I've changed direction,  the Chinese quad with the stuck flywheel and the bad carbs has gone to a new home.  It's been replaced with a 98 artic cat 454 that runs great. Thanks for all the help on the previous project.

[Gwbarm]

Nice looking Arctic Cat. Don't see too many of those for sale in my area.