Heres one for Maxwell or all the other DOO folk.

[maxwell]

My people assure me he does ride and the rainbow unicorn does actually exist....

ive been sledding alot. never seen that sled anywhere. i suppose he could go south rather than west though..

 

[Longhairfreak]

Make a little heat shield to shroud the recoil. Thin piece of alum should do the trick. Melting one starter you might think it caught against the flywheel plate but what are the chances of it happening twice? I'd say heat.

The second one lasted 2 starts.

 

[maxwell]

well i guess now i know im lookin for a twin pipe 700zx i guess LOL

 

[Bogger]

I didn't believe it at first either.....

ive been sledding alot. never seen that sled anywhere. i suppose he could go south rather than west though..

 

[popcorn popper]

LHf is your recoil melting from inside or the outside melting? I had jaws twins on my 700 and they ran close to rewind but never got close to melting? Check your stingers for a pinhole or crack pointed at recoil! That's the only way I think they would melt. If its melting internally I have seen the snap rings break or come loose and everything comes against flywheel and disinegrates.

 

[milton]

I melted down two of them on my xp until I covered it with silver heat reflective tape. Never happened again after that.

 

[jpgmtech]

Some of the ISOflex grease can come out of the MAG seal and gum them up, and heat makes it a sticky mess and binds the action. Some guys melt some parts too. It's a chronic problem if you are WOT all day in the mountains which really builds the underhood heat; however you may not be familiar with that... I rebuild mine at least once a season, and I'm running the stock pipe with the stock heat shielding.

 

[Summitric]

some of the isoflex grease can come out of the mag seal and gum them up, and heat makes it a sticky mess and binds the action. Some guys melt some parts too. It's a chronic problem if you are wot all day in the mountains which really builds the underhood heat; however you may not be familiar with that... I rebuild mine at least once a season, and i'm running the stock pipe with the stock heat shielding.

i agree, especially if its internally melting down......... If externally melted, then you might use header tape and wrap the cans - will also help keep the heat internal more consistantly

 

[Modman]

The second one lasted 2 starts.

Did it melt during riding or just break? 2 starts ain't good. My buddy toasted one on his 800 ZX back in the day, but it was dead cold start in the morning when it happened, so its not like it was hot. He only had a single pipe on it. Seemed to be starter failure, not heat.

 

[T-team]

Is there sufficient rainbow coloration on the exterior of said machine?

 

[HotShotHarry]

X2 on the heat reflective tape. Also save yourself a lot of grief and replace the entire recoil unit for about $200. They dont seem to last very long after being rebuilt.

 

[jbb]

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[CrankShop910]

 

[CUSO]

WOW This was probably the only thread in LHF history where he was asking about something legit.