How do you Adjust the Compression Arm on a XS2????

[BowlingSS]

How do you Adjust the Compression Arm on a XS2? Cannot seem to find it anywhere. I should know this. I bet Gary knows.
Thanks.
Bill

 

[DogBunny]

You adjust cable length by screwing the cable in or out at the decompression tappet cover. Then you lock it in position with a nut. That's all there is to it.

 

[BowlingSS]

So you just take the slack out of the cable.

 

[DogBunny]

You adjust it so that when you pull the lever in it just barely lifts the tappet.

 

[Jim]

Justa fwiw...

When @Mailman was restoring his XS2, I did a little research on the starter. The motor, clutch (bendix) and every gear in the starter drivetrain uses the same part numbers for all years from '72 to '83.... it was unchanged before and after the compression release was added and then deleted. If memory serves, Bob adjusted his so the switch engaged without the compression release actually operating. It worked just fine like that.

 

[DogBunny]

Justa fwiw...

When @Mailman was restoring his XS2, I did a little research on the starter. The motor, clutch (bendix) and every gear in the starter drivetrain uses the same part numbers for all years from '72 to '83.... it was unchanged before and after the compression release was added and then deleted. If memory serves, Bob adjusted his so the switch engaged without the compression release actually operating. It worked just fine like that.

Yes, I do the same thing. But the way it is supposed to work is how I said in my previous answer.

 

[Mailman]

If memory serves, Bob adjusted his so the switch engaged without the compression release actually operating. It worked just fine like that.

Exactly, I had it backed off so it never activated the compression release, and that bike was an easy starting bike without it.