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May 10th, 2011, 6:24 am
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Naperville, IL, USA
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350 Kickstart won't return
Have the bike kicking over beautifully, but last night a new wrinkle: hit the kickstart, bike fired up, but the kickstart wouldn't return to top. Shut the engine down, returned it manually (sounded like a ratchet), and then once at the top I could see it didn't have any "spring" to it. Thoughts?
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May 10th, 2011, 7:19 am
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Perth, , Australia
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2008 Ducati Hypermotard, 1970 Suzuki TC 120 sold
2005 KTM Supermoto sold, 1972 Suzuki TS250 sold
2002 KTM Supermoto sold, 1972 BSA 500 sold
1968 Ducati 350MKIII Desmo, 1978 Suzuki GS550 sold
1979 Honda XL500 stolen
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May 10th, 2011, 9:12 am
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Naperville, IL, USA
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You the man.
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May 10th, 2011, 12:27 pm
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Naperville, IL, USA
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How hard a job is that? I haven't opened the crankcase yet, just curious.
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May 11th, 2011, 12:19 am
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: London, , England
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It's easy; the spring is under the left-hand cover.
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May 17th, 2011, 2:09 pm
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Naperville, IL, USA
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Opened the cover, but there seems to be a washer locked in position over where the spring inserts into the crank. Am I misunderstanding this? I don't have to extract the entire kickstart shaft do I?
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May 17th, 2011, 6:35 pm
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Naperville, IL, USA
Posts: 19
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No worries, my bad: I slipped a chisel between the washer and the gapping sleeve, gave it a gentle tap, and it started sliding loose. After some fiddling with spring direction - the Haynes book illustrates it both ways - I'm up and running.
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May 18th, 2011, 3:33 am
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Perth, , Australia
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Good news
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2008 Ducati Hypermotard, 1970 Suzuki TC 120 sold
2005 KTM Supermoto sold, 1972 Suzuki TS250 sold
2002 KTM Supermoto sold, 1972 BSA 500 sold
1968 Ducati 350MKIII Desmo, 1978 Suzuki GS550 sold
1979 Honda XL500 stolen
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