OK, so I got the old one out and made a mess of oil
so stupid.... but put the new one on and now it sounds grind nasty . Actuall started the bike a few times but sounds God aweful . Guessing the bendeix gear is shot. How difficult lond a procedure is this to replace? I found the kit ar mikesxs so it must be a fairly common problem . It is the nastiest sounding grinding . Bikes kick over on first kick though and runs very well just would like to have use of the magic button in case of a stall or something in traffic . Anybody have any links to any threads here on this ?
Do I have to remove the engine ?
- in my mind the best thing you can do with e-starts is to throw them away and seal the space up
- basically they were an add-on to appease the press-XS1 didnt have any...there is far too much distance between the e-start and the crank, the parts wear and chew the crankshaft gear out...if this is worn you can forget fixing the problem unless you replace the crank with a good one
- you need the bendix repair kit #24-6522, to fit this you need to drain your oil, remove RH footpeg, brake pedal, kickstart lever, RH case and the clutch-get a clutch holding tool, once youve got this far you can see the crankshaft gear
parts breakdown...youre replacing 2, 3 and 4...make sure 6-9 are located properly
good bendix...worn bendix
kit...dont push the spring on, come from the side, locate first one side then the other
goes here...you can just see the edge of the crank gear at 01.00-02.00, if worn may as well give up
- dont expect this to fix your problem forever, the root cause is deeper and will manifest itself again sooner or later
- personally i say install one of these instead