Hairline Cracked Coils

[MONTREALMAX]

How cracked does a coil have to be before you would recommend replacing it. When inspecting my coils I noticed a hairline crack in one that does not seem to go right through the casing but it is hard to tell. The ohm meter shows proper reading but I was having a sudden stall issue that seems to have cleared with a sync. Wonder if it is just a coincidence and the coil was damp etc causing the stall and the sync had nothing to do with the stall problem going away

I have since sealed the coil

just trying to save some unnecessary expenditures replacing a coil pack

 

[Thevmaxrider]

When I removed my coils they all had small hairline cracks in them and the bike was running fine, rain or shine. It seems that this is a common occurance with the stock coils and nothing to be really worried about.

 

[MONTREALMAX]

Thanks good to know

hey is that your bike in your avatar?

How do i get a bigger image of that ? It looks wicked !!

 

[Redbone]

Click on his name and choose his album. Jim has a bunch of pictures of his awesome Vmax. Now, if your talking about the picture in his signature, step over here and i can get you high quality pictures .......or you can go to the post here with his pics in it.

 

[Thevmaxrider]

Yep, that is my bike in my avatar and in the signature. There are pics of it in the Toronto Spring Show thread on the forum and I do believe that there are a couple in the "What I did to my Vmax today" thread as well. Will post some to my gallery soon, just keep forgetting to.

 

[MONTREALMAX]

Fantastic looking bike

is there a list of all the mod's you have done posted somewhere?

 

[Thevmaxrider]

Fantastic looking bike

is there a list of all the mod's you have done posted somewhere?

I believe that the Garage section has a fairly complete list of all my mods to SnowMax. Will go and make sure it is up to date and there are a couple more coming soon that will be listed as well.

 

[dannymax]

When I removed my coils they all had small hairline cracks in them and the bike was running fine, rain or shine. It seems that this is a common occurance with the stock coils and nothing to be really worried about.

Same here Montreal, when I did the COP mod 3 out of 4 coils were cracked. This surprised me as the bike has led a sheltered life but, as Jim said, it appears to be quite common.

 

[lankeeyankee]

The only crack I ever seen on my bike was when I turned around and looked down at my ass

 

[eatatjoz]

just for reference, the XJ guys will put an epoxy coating on cracked coils.
I did it to my XJ because of water shutting it down. I used plain ol' JB weld to seal 'em back up, and it worked great.