2005 KDX 220 Piston Issues
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Green Hornet
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I've got 65 hrs on mine and have not done anything yet. But I plan on changing to a wiesco in the winter
john_bilbrey
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There has been some talk of the stock piston grenading on some folks. Most go to the Wiseco on the first top end job. My stocker still looked fine when I did the top end this spring, but I went ahead and replaced it anyway. Grenading piston=big $$. (I bought a leftover '03 in Spring '04, rode it for a year and then changed).
Jackpiner57
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The stock piston skirts are known to crack and fragment. Replace it now. If it splodes it can destroy your lower end too.$$$$$$$$. It's not a tough job. Be sure to get a Kawasaki service manual.
Be sure to get a Wiseco piston kit. Do not buy a Pro-X piston. Also, get a Wiseco bearing so it will fit the Wiseco wrist pin supplied in the piston kit. The bearing is about $12.00
Do not re-use the stock circlips (snaprings). The kit will have new ones in it. Check the circlip grooves for aluminum material left over from the piston machining process. Apply 2-stroke oil to grooves before putting circlips in and be sure you hear a "snap" when they seat in the groove. Rotate the circlips until the openings are at the 4:30 and 7:30 positions opposite the plier holes. Butter up the entire outside of the piston and inside of cylinder with 2-stroke oil. Butter up the rings before installing on the piston.
I probably gave you too much info. Oh well I had nothing better to do. Good luck.
Be sure to get a Wiseco piston kit. Do not buy a Pro-X piston. Also, get a Wiseco bearing so it will fit the Wiseco wrist pin supplied in the piston kit. The bearing is about $12.00
Do not re-use the stock circlips (snaprings). The kit will have new ones in it. Check the circlip grooves for aluminum material left over from the piston machining process. Apply 2-stroke oil to grooves before putting circlips in and be sure you hear a "snap" when they seat in the groove. Rotate the circlips until the openings are at the 4:30 and 7:30 positions opposite the plier holes. Butter up the entire outside of the piston and inside of cylinder with 2-stroke oil. Butter up the rings before installing on the piston.
I probably gave you too much info. Oh well I had nothing better to do. Good luck.
Green Hornet
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Jackpiner57 said:
JP-The CIRCLIP Info was the best info you gave him. How many times have we read on this forum, about the CIRCLIP coming out & destroying the the motor. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang:
- Dec 15, 2004
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The stock KDX220 piston should be declared a wepon of mass destruction!!!
Don't wait until it happens to you. There is no rhyme or reason why some grenade and some don't but at the cost of the entire engine, a "C" note is cheap insureance.
BTW: KDX fixed the problem for 2006 :ugg:
Don't wait until it happens to you. There is no rhyme or reason why some grenade and some don't but at the cost of the entire engine, a "C" note is cheap insureance.
BTW: KDX fixed the problem for 2006 :ugg:
Green Hornet
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:pissed: :pissed: Yeah, they discontinued the 220 Line. Dammmm themmmmm :pissed: :pissed: :pissed:
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People are replacing w/Wiesco Brandm0rie said:
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Cessna said:
They discontinued the 220 Line
- Dec 15, 2004
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Sorry, that was a joke. Kawasaki is fixing the KDX220 piston problem by not offering one for sale in 2006. Hence the sad face.Cessna said:
