Remove kickstart entirely - safe? By rosiemoto (Read 655 times)

[rosiemoto]

Is it possible to remove the whole kickstart assembly and ride without any of it in? At first I thought the kickstart's crankshaft was needed to put the CVT cover back on, but looking again it doesn't look needed.

Why would I do this? - Because my kickstart doesn't work, and I'm just not interested in fixing it at the moment, AND because I think my electric start gear is getting caught on the gears sometimes. This is because the kickstart shaft gets pulled out of alignment when I put the CVT cover back on, so I just want to take it off until maybe later. Any side effects to doing this or will all be good?

This might be related; here's a quick video of what my starter does 80% of the time... it gets stuck the first time and stays stuck with the lights dim until I release, so I release and press again, then it'll start right up. It also very rarely will go CLANG really loud like when you change gears on a bicycle while pedaling really hard ("BANG!"), so this makes me think it's getting caught on the kickstart stuff sometimes.

[Alleyoop]

That is all good, that happens because 99.9 percent of the time when you stop the motor it stops on the way up on the compression stroke AND MORE so if your motor has GOOD COMPRESSION . So when you hit the start button the first time it gets by the compression stroke so on the next hit of the start button is gets a nice head start goes through the exhaust stroke and then comes back up on the compression stroke and it fires right up.

There is nothing that I hear from the kick start, BUT if you want to take it off you can it will not effect anything but the ability to start the motor using the kickstart is all.
Alleyoop

[rosiemoto]

The loud clank is very rare, it wasn't in that video, but if I ever manage to catch it on camera I'll post it. Glad to know that's normal/good behavior for the starter though! I always had to do that double-press since I can remember.

I assume the hole that'll be left over on the CVT cover should be closed up, right? I would imagine the danger of bugs etc getting in is worse than the possible extra cooling effect... or...?

[Alleyoop]

Leave the shaft hole open little more venting it gets really hot in there which effects the belt more than anything.
Don't worry about abugs or whatnot, there is a big opening in front of the CVT as well as in back of the CVT for snakes and crocs to crawl in through

I would say the loud clank is when the starter clutch slips not being able to get by the compression stroke. It all depends on where the piston is at the time of the first push of the start button.
Alleyoop