carb and/or reed issues

[dirtrider604]

so i was riding around today and everything seemed fined. stopped to take a break, then started it up and started accelerating and then it just bogged down and shut off and i couldnt get it started again. i took off the air filter and noticed that inside the air tube between the filter and carb that there was something inside it. i pulled it out and it looked like broken reeds.
is it possible for reeds to get dislodged and go through the carb??? they werent broken too much either. i didnt think that was possible. i started it up again but it bogged down right away. havent messed with the carb and reed cage yet because i didnt have the right tools with me. i will ty to upload a pic of what i pulled out if i cant on a mobile phone.

any help is appreciated. the details of my quad are in the sig

 

[brandoz28]

i would be pulling the carb and intake boot off and checking out those reeds

 

[dirtrider604]

thats what i plan on doing but i couldnt where i was at... is it possible that the reeds went through the carb and out the other side?

 

[blasterBruce]

Its Possible if your motor back fired in such a way when you had the Throttle open far enough , I left a Fresh rebuilt motor outside in the blasty with the seat on but no air box lid and water got all the way into the bottom end of my motor , the carb was closed and the reeds should have been too , but it Still managed to get water all the way down into bottom end

 

[dirtrider604]

now that you mention it my engine did backfire, but i leave the airbox lid on and no water was involved.

 

[Blaaster]

I am interested as to why the backfire occured.

Whenever backfires occur I usually suspect an air leak.

When was the last time the motor was leak tested?

 

[dirtrider604]

november 2011 when the top end was professionally rebuilt. the bike doesnt even have 10hrs since the build though

 

[brandoz28]

either that, or a sheared flywheel key are the first things that i suspect.


the backfire could've been caused by the reeds failing, and not that they failed due to the backfire.


time to start spinning wrenches and figure it out!

 

[blasterBruce]

now that you mention it my engine did backfire, but i leave the airbox lid on and no water was involved.

Was just giving my info with leaving the air box lid off during rain , If it backfired then it has an air leak or worse , have you noticed any leaks from the cases Recently ?