Kick start Lever fitting and removal

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I would have changed it but I thought maybe I was chucking good gear. Aw well just goes to show I can recognise BS when I see it.

Mark got that kickstart off yet, put your back into it.
 
auldblue said:
I would have changed it but I thought maybe I was chucking good gear. Aw well just goes to show I can recognise BS when I see it.
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Here's one I removed from my Commando as it was becoming unreliable (slipping):
Kick start Lever fitting and removal
 
auldblue said:
I would have changed it but I thought maybe I was chucking good gear. Aw well just goes to show I can recognise BS when I see it.

Mark got that kickstart off yet, put your back into it.
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I'm going to try it again in the morning. I should be in higher spirits then. Plus coffee helps. Sorry If I sounded mean in my previous post. I did not intend to.
 
One of the [problems with the kick starter lever is it huge size. Also, as you tighten the bolt, the forward hole bends back and up, causing the bolt to bend. Also the bolt is not big enough to properly engage with the machined "groove" in the kick start spindle. Mine is still wrong but now does not com loose, even though it has flogged outs splines like they usually do. I set mine up in the lathe and bored out the forward hole 7/16 inch. I then made a short tube which was a neat fit on the bolt and was 7/16 in od like the new hole I bored in the kick start lever. Now when I tighten it up, the bolt locks the lever solidly onto the shaft. When removing the kick start lever, I do now have to remove the bolt and drive the bush out but that is easy to do.,. I don't have to keep tightening the bolt though. Ideally I should heave bored the hole at an angle so that when the kick starter boss bends to fit the shaft splines, the holes would be inline. That is a future problem to solve if necessary. By having this secure method, I was able to eliminate an oil leak from the g/leaver outlet on the g/box. Too much info for this thread.
 
Splined shafts were never meant to be squeezed to fit, it's an engineering bodge. My shaft splines are much like the ones in the photo and the replacement kickstart lever is going the same way. Has anybody considered machining the splines off and fitting a cotter pin type fitting like the, dare I say it, T140 Triumph item? The issue I can see is the clearance of the lever on the silencer. Also you've got one chance to position the flat for the cotter pin in the right place. Thoughts?
 
Hi Again

We're supposed rough motorcycle riding hard men, well do you think this thing started itself no pressing a button here!

Kick start Lever fitting and removal


Come on boys it's a kickstart
 
Whats the point?. carnt be that rough ,tough motorcycle.... when some can hand press and start :lol:
ote="auldblue"]Hi Again

We're supposed rough motorcycle riding hard men, well do you think this thing started itself no pressing a button here!

Kick start Lever fitting and removal


Come on boys it's a kickstart[/quote]
 
Curiosity getting the better of me (as it often does in these situations :roll: ) I decided to check, and I found the lever would come off with a 1/4" rod inserted, however, with a 9/32" rod, it wouldn't.
 
Would that be a metric quarter. Who has that stuff to hand , are you Tommy Walsh?

Puzzled from Paisley .
 
auldblue said:
Would that be a metric quarter. Who has that stuff to hand , are you Tommy Walsh?

Puzzled from Paisley .
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Who? :?

('Tommy Walsh' some kind of TV-celeb-builder chappie-apparently, according to Google)

Still none the wiser.

Nonplussed in Norfolk.
 
Removal with a gear puller works for me. As for tightening, I have never had a problem...but then, the Atlas seems to have far fewer problems than the later Cdos, when comparing part for part.

Slick
 
auldblue said:
World famous kickstart man surprised you didn't know that L.A.B
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I'd never heard of the fellow. I obviously can't be watching enough daytime telly! :?

(Looks more like a shovel than a kickstart anyway?).
 
What's a telly? I don't get d.a.b either cos of a big hill, guys won't fix satellite cos the need special heights, that's why I sit in my shed at night and dae stuff to old motorbikes and talk nonsense on this.

I will post a few pics of ks and damaged gearbox cases.
 
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