Lazerviking, good to hear that you where able to fix your kickstart problem. I still can't figure out how to get the spring on correctly in my motor. Can you share how you went about getting the spring in correctly, Thanks
Mark
Might be difficult to explain through text. It also helped having a second person but now that I've done it once I could do it by myself.
You want to assemble the kickstarter spring, gear, pawl and spindle in its posisition in the bottom case. Once you have them in position ou should be able to see where both ends of the spring want to rest. The straight end of the spring sits in the hole/channel of the pawl and the hooked end of the spring want to hook in the channel of the case towards the front. Also notice the pointy end of the pawl that protrudes, that rests in the cases underneath a metal pin located below the channel where the hooked end o the spring rests in the case. The trick is getting a screwdriver in there in order to hook the pawl against the pin in the case and simultaneously pull the hooked end under the spring up to land in its channel in the case. The spindle cannot be pushed into place all the way while this is happening be wise you need some room/play to force everything into place. Once the pawl is against the pin and the hooked part of the spring is in its channel in the case you can slide the spindle all the way into its position and that should hold everything together.
Once you have it installed currently you will know. You can put the kickstart arm on and test, but make sure the little locking dowel/pin is in. Don't want all your hard work to pot out.
Hope this helps. It's probably confusing but once you get it youll see its not too bad. Just takes a little finesse.
