Hello. My A65 Lightning Rocket will only kick over about 4 or 5 times then jams solid. I have replaced the worn kick start quadrant and pinion but still jams up. I can only assume the problem lies in the gear box as the crank turns over no problem. Any ideas what the cause could be before I pull the gear box out?
Thanks
Gary
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Sorry cant help you, but when you find out let me know.
Mike 8) 8) 8)
I vaguely remember a thread on here sometime ago about new kickstart quadrants with the first tooth not quite making the mesh as BSA intended. One of our throng explained with a very useful diagram what angle the contact should be for it to work correctly.
Have a dig through previous threads and see if you can find t.
Chris
somewhere Ive seen the first tooth has to be removed or ground down to clear, may be on here otherwise
http://britbike.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=430157
Quote from: chaz on 25 Aug, 2019, 19:09
somewhere Ive seen the first tooth has to be removed or ground down to clear, may be on here otherwise
http://britbike.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=430157
had it on my T100 and answer was to put in gear and rock the bke to disengage then neutral and have another go
https://www.bsaownersclub.co.uk/bsaoc_forum/index.php?topic=5465.msg26565;topicseen#msg26565
topic is there
ditto rock it back in gear, its another british bike foible like wet sumping etc etc
:D
derek
HI THERE
I AGREE WITH ROCKING BACK AND FORE AS I HAD EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM WITH A
1971 THUNDERBOLT REGARDS JOHNBOY
Thanks for your advice. I will give it a try and let you know if it does the trick.
Cheers, Gary