Jacob picked up a used Banshee engine from us — one we had tested, confirmed it ran great, and removed from a running Banshee. We shipped it to him, and he dropped it into his build. On day one, everything was solid. It started up, idled clean, and pulled strong. He said it was really rippin' after he jetted it based on Virgil's advice.
The next day? Not so good.
Jacob fired it up. It idled fine, then suddenly squealed and locked up. The kick-starter wouldn’t move, and the engine wouldn’t turn over.
Jacob gave us a call. Virgil walked him through the symptoms and asked targeted questions. The culprit: a stator plate bolt had come loose and was wedged against the flywheel—locking up the engine.
Unfortunately, without a flywheel puller, Jacob couldn’t remove the flywheel to fix the issue. So we shipped him a Motion Pro Flywheel Puller, no charge. That’s the same tool we use every day in our shop and sell on our site.
With the tool and step-by-step guidance, Jacob removed the flywheel, found the backed-out bolt, replaced it (and its worn-out buddies), reassembled everything, and fired the engine back up.
It ran perfect.
We checked in later—he rode the next day for 3 hours, the day after for 2 hours. Zero issues—this is exactly what we want to hear. 👍
If your Banshee engine won’t turn over, call us. We’ll walk you through it. And we’ve updated our own engine-inspection process. Now, stator-plate bolts are part of our pre-shipment inspection to prevent this exact scenario.
Thanks for trusting us with your ride. Keep ripping.
— The Re-Do Banshee Team
