G: Gearbox (Twin) Floppy Kickstarter
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Hi Mike
Done it a few times, even once on the early B one which is much tighter for space. Use a piece of wire around the top loop to hold onto it. Lower it in and use a long ish thin screwdriver to push it on the bottom pin, then pull it up near the top pin and again user the screwdriver to push it in over the top pin. Sometimes it takes a couple of tries.
Oh ya, fish the old bits out first ---
I assume you have a spring - if not I have several here
Done it a few times, even once on the early B one which is much tighter for space. Use a piece of wire around the top loop to hold onto it. Lower it in and use a long ish thin screwdriver to push it on the bottom pin, then pull it up near the top pin and again user the screwdriver to push it in over the top pin. Sometimes it takes a couple of tries.
Oh ya, fish the old bits out first ---
I assume you have a spring - if not I have several here
In M.P.H. 226 is mention of a Honda spring which is cheaper, stronger and possibly easier to obtain. Part no. is or was C.1004251 A.
Mike , If you lever against the threaded bit of the case , Try and protect it with something.
Good luck, Bill.
Good luck, Bill.
I carried an extra spring in the tool kit along with a spring puller. It makes it easy to fiddle with the KS spring.
The best spring puller for a tool kit is the Moose one. It is a piece of wire with some plastic. Very light and easy to stow.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Moose-Raci...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
It is also useful for grabbing a chain link and dragging it around the CS sprocket.
David
The best spring puller for a tool kit is the Moose one. It is a piece of wire with some plastic. Very light and easy to stow.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Moose-Raci...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
It is also useful for grabbing a chain link and dragging it around the CS sprocket.
David
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I found a spring at a hardware store, it’s been in place over 30 years now, no sagging. As for the position of the KS on the splines, I like the lever up close to the footrest hanger, such that the straight portion of the lever is vertical. I guess I’ve been fortunate to have a twin that is easy to start, first with the rebuilt mag, and now with the BT-H, I don’t try to kick the lever through the ground. I don’t bother finding one cylinder or the other, I use the comp release, let it go just after starting the kick.
I cannot find that spring, but MPH 226 is about 50 years ago so not too surprising, even tried David Silver Spares, I guess it puts it around the Honda CB72-77 era.
The problem with these double posts is sometimes when I try to post the whole thing stalls and gives the appearance of having failed, click again and a minute later it becomes apparent that you have double up on your post, not sure if this is my computer, the internet clogged up or the website, any suggestions?
I have had the same, Graham said the other day it might be a bit slow, While he was doing something.
Cheers Bill.
Cheers Bill.
The Honda spring is a C50 brake pedal return spring. I have found a current part no. which is 46514041000. Apparently according to the original article one end needs slight tweaking, but it is in every way superior to the original part. Being a Comet owner I have no personal experience. It would be interesting if someone tried it and let us all know. Cheers.