Kick start jams

[Gary S]

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

[Mike Farmer]

 
Sorry cant help you, but when you find out let me know.

Mike

[ChrisG]

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

[chaz]

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

[chaz]

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

[DerekAnderson8]

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



derek

[JOHN KAY]

 HI THERE

I AGREE  WITH ROCKING BACK AND FORE AS I HAD EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM WITH A
1971 THUNDERBOLT REGARDS JOHNBOY

[Gary S]

Thanks for your advice. I will give it a try and let you know if it does the trick.
Cheers, Gary