Broken kickstart lever

Lokky · Post by **Lokky** » Sat Sep 08, 2012 9:29 pm

So Yesterday I went to start the Stella and noticed that the lever was hanging much lower than usual, making it almost impossible to start without leaning her left to get extra space.

Turns out the lever had a hairline crack starting at the shaft and extending a good 10 cm. This in turn weakened the grip on the shaft and allowed the teeth to shear!

Got myself a replacement lever (only about 30 bucks) and went to fix her up. Getting the old lever off was the hardest part, but after a smashed finger and much cursing in Italian I managed to get it off. The teeth on the shaft were looking really bad while removing the old lever and I feared they may have sheared too, but taking a rag to it revealed that it was just remains from the old lever and it was fine.

A few mallet hits later the new lever is on and working great!

BuddyRaton · Post by **BuddyRaton** » Sat Sep 08, 2012 10:34 pm

They can get tight. Just remember that the bolt fits in a key-way and must be fully removed to get the lever off.

JohnKiniston · Post by **JohnKiniston** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 3:06 am

Make sure you have the bolt secure on your new lever, You don't want to tear up the teeth!

Lokky · Post by **Lokky** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 11:50 pm

Yeah I made sure she was on tight, what a difference it makes

viney266 · Post by **viney266** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:24 am

Sorry I wasn't there for the Italian cursing lesson. Only My Scottish Grandma was better

JohnKiniston · Post by **JohnKiniston** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:17 pm

Lokky wrote:Yeah I made sure she was on tight, what a difference it makes

That's what She said!

viney266 · Post by **viney266** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:22 pm

^^^^ Bwahahaha...