From: | Rick Yamane | e-mail: | rick@motionpro.com |
Subject: | RE: RE: RE: Question for Mark Hill | Date: | Wed Nov 11 13:19:55 2020 |
Response to: | 7459 |
Thanks Mark for sharing the video and your messages. I believe the kick starter itself is working properly. I just reconfirmed the operation. With the clutch engaged as if going to start the bike the lever will not budge. I literally can stand on it and it does not move at all. Disengaging the clutch and locking the pedal down, the kick start lever moves smoothly and effortlessly. Releasing the clutch pedal and re-engaging the clutch, I can once again stand on the lever without movement. It is as if the engine is locked up but it is not. ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- Areas where we have gotten bitten before are in the centerline of the casting boss of the engine Block to Kicker socket in the triple gear We did a massive repair on a 1919 engine Welding/ Machining for a customer and never addressed the Kicker mounting holes in the engine as the were one of the only spots on the entire project that were not damaged. I never caught the mounting flange in the case was not in the same axis as the "triple Gear" counter shaft bearings. The fix was to make a offset kicker socket housing. The next issue to look for is to make sure the sprag teeth completely disengage. The video I posted shows this pretty good. A couple other picky little issues have been the male sprag that fits into the socket housing has to have a minimum of .003 clearance. The flat wire spring that goes between the two has to be in good shape or it can cause a bind. I think you have a alignment issue. Cheers ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- https://youtu.be/7Q5II9tFoHE Please view the following video on Henderson Kicker set up. Although this is a 17 Henderson the system in is really the same. I will try and address areas where we have had problems and share. ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- Hi Mark, I asked about this before on the forum and got a few responses but so far nothing worked out. Our Streamline has a kick starter that jambs and won't turn the engine. I recently began looking at it again and still come up with a bevel gear interference problem, perhaps worn shims. Everything in the gearbox proper appears to be working as it should and the engine itself is free. The kick starter frees when the clutch is disengaged and the gearbox can go through all the gears spinning the rear wheel but releasing the pedal and re-engaging the clutch causes the starter to jamb again. I'm pretty much resigned to pulling the engine and I guess I'm just looking for some bit of confirmation that I'm on the right track. If anyone else has had this problem I'd be happy to hear from you too. Rick |
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