kickstart

[smoore-gt225]

hi everyone a friend bought a series 1 framebreather yesterday, when he bought it the kickstart worked, then about 10-15 kicks stopped working so go in and change the kickstart piston it was well worn.
then he rang me last night and its slipping again after about 20 kicks , has anyone got any ideas why this might be happening.
hes bringing round again this afternoon, and going to strip it down again and anything i might be able to look for would be appreciated
cheers in advance steve

[dirtyhandslopez]

Make sure the piston isn't sticking, obviouseley.
Less obviousely, and this just happened on a Serveta I just stripped, from the factory, a selector spring had been used instead of a kickstart piston spring, which doesn't put as much pressure on the piston, which then lets the piston slide off of 1st gear.
And just when I thought I had seen it all...

[smoore-gt225]

Make sure the piston isn't sticking, obviouseley.
Less obviousely, and this just happened on a Serveta I just stripped, from the factory, a selector spring had been used instead of a kickstart piston spring, which doesn't put as much pressure on the piston, which then lets the piston slide off of 1st gear.
And just when I thought I had seen it all...

thanks thats sxactly what it was got a new spring and piston, the new spring was about 6-7mm longer and stiffer to compress. working perfectly now
cheers steve

[dirtyhandslopez]

Splendido!