CHROME KICK STARTER By silverfox96 (Read 825 times)

[silverfox96]

I received my chrome kick starter the other day and was thrilled! Went to the garage to install it and wow! was I surprised! The old one came off with no problem. (I had already had it off once to install the chrome cvt cover) I started to put the kick starter onto the shaft and lo and behold, it wouldn't go on! I compared the splines on the new and the old and they apeared to be identical. Hmmm. Mabey just needs a bit of persuasion, so I went to my tool box and out omes the rubber mallet! Tap, tap tap, gently on the starter. It finally starts onto the shaft, but only about 1/16 to 1/8 inch and it stops! wiggled it back off just to make certain that it ws going on properly and not screwing up the spline. Everything seemed to appear that it was fitting alright, so I start it again! Tap tap tap again! Then a bit harder smack smack smack! Nothing! then WHAM WHAM WHAM! Still not going on! HUH? is wrong with this thing? So I dug around in my tool box, looking for something I could use as a wedge to force into the split where the bolt goes and found my heavy heavy screw driver. Uh huh! This should work! I tried slipping the screw driver into the end of the split. That didn't work at all. So I pushed it into the split from the front of the kick start and whacked it with the rubber mallet. It started on a bit farther, then I just went ape sh!t on the darned thing and WHAM WHAM WHAM! Yepper! Drove that sucker tright onto the shaft! I have no idea if I'm gonna be able to aget the damned thing back off when I have to replace a belt, but it's on there now! LOL Anyone else have a similar problem? I sure like to hear how you rectified it!

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if your talking about the chrome kick start lever like the one i have on my page Scooter Elements what i usually do is open it up a little so it will go in and then put the screw in and tighten really hard. getting it off is another thing. it will be hard to do without taking the kick start assembly with you.

[sprocket]

You removed the bolt completely from the lever?

[terrilee]

chrome is very pretty
but being that i have a chrome CVT case
i left the black kicker
i think it makes the chrome stand out more?
i even painted the " 4 stroke" blue to match the scoot
heck i might paint the kicker blue also

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[silverfox96]

Scooter elements: I guess that's what I should have done in the first place! and Sprocket, yes. I did remove the bolt completely before trying to install the danged thing since the bolt actually fits in a grove in the shaft. I think I'm going to have to invest in a small puller to get the kick starter off when a change of belt time comes. That way I won't be pulling the "innards" out with the shaft.

[rapidjim]

Mar 10, 2012 21:43:09 GMT -6 silverfox96 said:

Scooter elements: I guess that's what I should have done in the first place! and Sprocket, yes. I did remove the bolt completely before trying to install the danged thing since the bolt actually fits in a grove in the shaft. I think I'm going to have to invest in a small puller to get the kick starter off when a change of belt time comes. That way I won't be pulling the "innards" out with the shaft.

What I use is a top post battery cable puller. Very cheap and does the job. I also use it on auto wiper arms that are splined.

Jim/Owner
Rapid Repair

[silverfox96]

Jim! Thank you for shaking up this old brain for me! Of course that will work, and I already have one, so don't need to spend money that i don't have!!!