IS IT BLOWN? Compression Testing the Yamaha Banshee Engine

After the Banshee overheated numerous times out on the hill due to a locked up rear carrier bearing I was afraid she had kicked the bucket and the engine might be blown or low on compression so I borrowed a second compression tester from a friend and dug out my leak down tester. I was surprised at the outcome of the testing! Thanks for watching everyone. More green Yamaha Banshee videos to come soon.

[@AaronMartinCOOLVIDEO]

That's awesome that you're getting your Banshee all freshened up and it's good that you did not destroy your engine overheating it.👍

[@33boblong]

Great to hear that the banshee isn't blown up an cant wait to see it back together

[@everythingloud4068]

Can't wait to see her on the trail again

[@RaptorWRLD]

what a great video. I look forward to seeing her back together and the process it takes. awesome stuff both of you.

[@trailblogger]

going to a be a little cheaper than I thought at least!

[@goldenwheeledbanshee9160]

That's a wicked little motor, good video.

[@trailblogger]

can't believe she is still fine after all that!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Years ago on my first banshee I did almost the exact same thing, blew the rear bearing but she got me home.

[@va6341]

Can't wait to see her ripping again

[@devinmadrid3158]

What I’m hear is banshee revamping 🤔 this shall be epic once it’s done

[@trailblogger]

yes sir! since the engine is still healthy I can focus on the other issues now

[@buckeyebanshee]

Should’ve went with a round house swinger and and carrier. Jogaca did my rear shock and will be getting my front works shocks in the near future. Great guy great work good choice.

[@trailblogger]

Agree still shopping for a round style carrier but I do have a dual row billet that will fit right in the stock arm.

[@buckeyebanshee]

TrailBlogger I just ordered a swingarm shop stock length round house swinger for mine off eBay. Got the carrier through Vito’s grand total $464, I have the rotor and sprocket guards JDS performance sells that I’ve had for a year. I made the change to run the sprocket and rotor guards because in xc racing my skid plate gets hung up a lot once the trails wear in late in the race. I’ll report back on quality of the swinger I receive but $350 is a good price imo for a powder coated swinger with bearings pressed in already.

[@trailblogger]

@@buckeyebanshee let me know I want to do the same thing but it has to be SOLID. I ditched my gaurd a long time ago also and just put and extra thick rotor on. I would like to swap to the round style also

[@buckeyebanshee]

TrailBlogger I’ll do a video review on my channel so you can see it and I’ll comment back with the link it should be here by like 1/29 I think.

[@buckeyebanshee]

TrailBlogger video is up on my channel check it out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYWvfIuoo81qf9E

[@banshe1146]

Saludos desde México✌🏁

[@trailblogger]

Hello! Cheers from California!

[@trailblogger]

I have added spanish subtitles to this video and the latest 2 also sir

[@rpmjunky2795]

Trail blogger you should do a video on fixing that bent subframe. My banshee is like that too and curious to see how you would fix it

[@trailblogger]

I dont plan on doing anything to the frame but painting it lol

[@rpmjunky2795]

Ahh. Run into any problems keeping the frame like that?

[@trailblogger]

@@rpmjunky2795 it has been like that since I owned it I think, I will have to go back and look at the previous rebuild videos again. you mean the way it is bent upward in the rear right? its a custom banana frame bruh :-D

[@rpmjunky2795]

Yeah the way the tail portion bends up. Probably from some wheely expert that slammed the grab bar off the pavement lol. My back plastics get a little tweaked when you go to bolt them down and my seat is a pain in the ass to clip in. These are just the issues I ran into. You might not have any lol

[@trailblogger]

Yeah the whale tail makes the fenders bolt on weird. No problems with the seat so far. I will most likely leave it. I have looped it out a few times screwing around doing wheelies (GUILTY) Banshee will bite if you aren't careful!

[@bb-ballistics1706]

I did the exact same thing with my blaster years back, bearings started to go. Didnt want to wait. Took it out anyhow. Axle carrier got destroyed 🤣

[@trailblogger]

yeah it's a little late when you are literally in the middle of the woods and you start to hear the screeech lol

[@bb-ballistics1706]

@@trailblogger what killed mine was my friend practicing his driving on 2 wheels (left two wheel)

[@trailblogger]

thatll do it! they sell a dual row carrier for the blaster?

[@bb-ballistics1706]

@@trailblogger I'm not sure, I havent had my blaster for a few years now. Back into the banshee game.

[@ononewheel7]

know one wants to leave there machine behind. nice to see its not blown carriers never give you any warning until your 5 miles from your truck haha lucky on that jump its kind of slow and low that could have been bad for you another great vid man

[@trailblogger]

it gave me a little warning the day before I should known better but I just wanted to ride! lol

[@trailblogger]

i figured I just had dust in the rear brakes or a rock stuck in the rotor because it went away for awhile.

[@ononewheel7]

ya I've been there before maybe it'll make one more ride haha nope but I've never had one lock up its usually one side that goes sprocket side for me so the chain will get real loose and slip and then you figure it out usually by that time the carrier end up being ruined

[@trailblogger]

@@ononewheel7 this is the worst I have had one lock up to the point if I tried dragging the quad or pushing it by hand the rear wheels would not roll at all just skid along on the dirt. I have had them go bad but never like this. I was able to ride it all the way back like that though but even riding downhill I had to give it gas to move forward. push a lot of stress on the whole thing. was about like riding with the parking brake on if it still had one.

[@ononewheel7]

TrailBlogger i can imagine is the axle ok ive done hat b4 as well when riding on a bad one for too long

[@gokugaming9592]

I hope it’s not!

[@mythicxl1286]

Make vids of you fixing/rebuilding everything

[@trailblogger]

coming up

[@JokurAtkinson]

Sweet! I need to bust mine back out again.

[@trailblogger]

Are you still running that sick sounding Dynoport pipe?

[@JokurAtkinson]

TrailBlogger Thats my uncles banshee haha. he has his toomeys on it now, but im sure the 2 into 1 will be back on lol. he changes between the two a lot.

[@trailblogger]

Love my toomeyss I don't blame him!

[@JokurAtkinson]

TrailBlogger yeah 2 into 1 sounds insane but power loss is insane on it lol

[@cmmoto]

great vid bud, ever consider fox suspension?

[@trailblogger]

I want to get some fox shocks but for now the yfzs are what I can afford

[@matthewwilliams9170]

How Do you keep blowing it up guy 😂

[@trailblogger]

She isnt blown! The last time it blew was my fault... Put the wristpin clip in wrong. Been running strong since then though$

[@matthewwilliams9170]

Good man im glad tp hear that keep it goin hoss

[@MOSINDUSTRIAL]

👍🤩

[@johnnygearjammer]

You should line x the frame.

[@trailblogger]

I actually did use bed liner on the A arms the first time. it held up fairly good but it was hard to wash compared to the smoother paint like I used on the frame which is a ceramic engine enamel that I let bake in the sun to harden on there. I think I will just use engine enamel on it all this time

[@2smokepipo812]

Man glad to hear the engines okay, you should check out my banshee on my channel man she rips

[@outragedatv7119]

Which is better for trails yfz450r or rapter 700

[@trailblogger]

They are both great quads for trail riding

[@outragedatv7119]

@@trailblogger thanks man nice video by the way

[@trailblogger]

Thank you

[@mythicxl1286]

Where do you order all your banshee parts/accessories?

[@trailblogger]

Various places. I will post links.

[@mythicxl1286]

TrailBlogger appreciate it!

[@ElGM26]

Is it to much work to have a banshee?

[@trailblogger]

No.

[@johnnylopez8674]

Wassup pApi I’m in school as I type dis

[@trailblogger]

don't get sent to detention!

[@johnnylopez8674]

TrailBlogger i will if it’s fur watching ur vids fam

[@ulisesmunoz9337]

Alguien que me lo tradusca al español 😢

[@trailblogger]

Intentaré publicar algunos subtítulos en español.

[@ulisesmunoz9337]

@@trailblogger estaria bien gracias yo creia que no ablaba español

[@antoniogonzalez5826]

Los balero's de atras donde van Los Brazos see danaron. calento El motor pero no lo trono. paso La prueba de compression. Eso es lo importante👍

[@antoniogonzalez5826]

Soy mx y me gusta esta onda, estoy aprendiendo con videos como Este. Thanks!

[@trailblogger]

I added the spanish translations sir