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I stumbled across some old photos of a fix I did on my first XS650, and I thought I would share. I don't know if I got this idea from someone out there on the interwebz or if it was just my idea, but it seems to have worked.
The symptoms were these- I kicked, and the kicker then failed to return. This isn't an uncommon problem, and I went about fixing it by pulling the side cover and trying to reset or replace the kicker return spring. The problem was, the portion of the case that was designed to be hooked by the spring, thus keeping in tension had broken off. The bike was a '71, so just using the non-existent electric start wasn't an option.
I had to come up with something, so I CAREFULLY drilled a hole into the case where it appeared to have a relatively thick spot.
I then tapped the thread and installed a hex head screw and a washer.
I played with a couple of different combinations. One of the things that I didn't want, was a lot of pressure on the end of the screw without bracing it as well as I could to the side of the case. I also found that I could hook the spring on the stud, but that the angle was different, and it was bending the end of the spring. I ended up putting a link (I don't know what it was from. I found it in one of those jars of odds and ends from years of projects) on the stud and came up with this:
I threadlocked the stud, torqued it carefully to 10 lbs, and put a new spring on. I haven't had a problem since.
There is probably a better way to do this, but this seems to have worked fine. YMMV.
FR
The symptoms were these- I kicked, and the kicker then failed to return. This isn't an uncommon problem, and I went about fixing it by pulling the side cover and trying to reset or replace the kicker return spring. The problem was, the portion of the case that was designed to be hooked by the spring, thus keeping in tension had broken off. The bike was a '71, so just using the non-existent electric start wasn't an option.
I had to come up with something, so I CAREFULLY drilled a hole into the case where it appeared to have a relatively thick spot.
I then tapped the thread and installed a hex head screw and a washer.
I played with a couple of different combinations. One of the things that I didn't want, was a lot of pressure on the end of the screw without bracing it as well as I could to the side of the case. I also found that I could hook the spring on the stud, but that the angle was different, and it was bending the end of the spring. I ended up putting a link (I don't know what it was from. I found it in one of those jars of odds and ends from years of projects) on the stud and came up with this:
I threadlocked the stud, torqued it carefully to 10 lbs, and put a new spring on. I haven't had a problem since.
There is probably a better way to do this, but this seems to have worked fine. YMMV.
FR
