kickstart rubber mod

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Steve
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kickstart rubber mod

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I forgot the other week I modded my kickstart because every time I tried to start it after just 2 or 3 kicks the rubber would be almost off and i was getting fed up keep pushing it back on.
So I drilled down the leaver tapped a thread found a lovely aluminium tapered washer and a large headed Alan screw and bingo problem solved.
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That's neat... My solution was much more of a bodge... A 4mm wide cable tie pulled up tight around the rubber, just inboard of the lump on the end. That keeps it on quite effectively.
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Pharisee wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 4:49 pm That's neat... My solution was much more of a bodge... A 4mm wide cable tie pulled up tight around the rubber, just inboard of the lump on the end. That keeps it on quite effectively.
thanks it was hard work as I didn't have the correct size drill bit so tapping the thread was very tight a tiny bit back off tiny bit more back off and i was lucky as I broke 1 tap but just had enough to get pliers on it to get it out.
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Looks great
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spookefoote1956 wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 7:02 pm Looks great
thanks
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