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Kick starter free spinning intermittently

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Hey guys anyone ever had this happen? Kick starter will grab sometimes but not others and just free spin with no resistance. Looks like a real big job to get to all the bits inside the engine.
Wondering if there is a simple fix for it.

Thanks
 
jave101 said:
Hey guys anyone ever had this happen? Kick starter will grab sometimes but not others and just free spin with no resistance. Looks like a real big job to get to all the bits inside the engine.
Wondering if there is a simple fix for it.

Thanks
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Likely, you got to open it up- lots of dirt bikes suffer this fate
 
Take a look under the clutch cover, the issue could be from the part of the assembly that's inside the block though.
 
There isn't anything inside the cases. That's a Honda thing, along with splitting the cases to replace the shift shaft.
 
Isn't everything is inside the case ?

I took a look in the clymer manual. They show the whole assembly and the only things that are accessible from under the clutch cover are the return spring and bushing.

Unless this is a completely different model than what they are showing in the book :oops:

The actual engagement part is on the other side of the case. The inside part.

The most likely thing i can think of that would cause this would be spring pushing on the pawl that gets pushed into the sprocket.

If the spring isn't pushing hard enough or is broken then it won't want to push the gear into place when kick it.

I can't find the names of the parts but its the sprocket that engages with a another gear on the starter shaft. When you press these two together it locks them together.

I think the free spinning is when these two are not engaged.
 
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tkent02 said:
There isn't anything inside the cases. That's a Honda thing, along with splitting the cases to replace the shift shaft.
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Half of the kick start assembly is inside the case, its impossible to install or take out without splitting the cases.
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I'm sorry, I was thinking it was like the Suzuki thumpers. My mistake.
Never had a problem with a GS kickstarter, so I'm ignorant of it.
 
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