Calling Huskydogg or anybody else

Hey Guys,
After many months of work, I got my 82 WR 125 running this weekend. I ran it a few times for just a few minutes (starting the break in) and it has a tinging and/or high pitch rattling noise that sounds like it is coming from the left side of the lower cases (clutch pack side). It's not a bearing squeal but rather a rattle type noise. The noise disappears when in neutral idling. Pulling the clutch in while riding did not change anything. Any thoughts. Maybe this is typical of these years, maybe the clutch push rod needs adjustment (but the clutch feels fine). When I rode these bikes back in the day I was a youngster, dad did all the wrenching, I just twisted the throttle. Any thoughts before I pull the left cover off the motor and inspect. Thanks, Scott

Huskydoggg, I ran across a U Tube video you made concerning the left cover and assembling the kickstart mechanism the other day, that got me thinking about something. It would appear the tinging noise I had may be related to having too much preload on the spring mechanism. I just took to kick lever off and indexed it several splines and tinging is gone. Problem now is the mechanism does not hook up and turn the motor until about 80% through the stroke so bump starting is required. I guess that there is a fine line on setting up kicker preload. I will continue to play with it and maybe watch that video again. Would like to hear your feedback and any thoughts.
Scott

i have had that problem with my 510 from winding the kickstart spline too far as as well and had "that noise" I did not have to do any internal adjustment, only move the kick start one spline to the right or back if you know what i mean, so less preload.
i do remember it took quite a while to set the spring mech. up(very frustrating , needed a 3rd hand!), until you know how then its easy and quick

When I first assembled the motor, the kicker would not engage until nearly through the stroke. I then put some pre-load on the mechanism by simply pulling the kick start lever off and rotating it relative to the splined shaft as SA63 mentions. Evidently I went too far as it caused the tinging/rattling. So like you said, I simply removed the kicker and rotated it a three of four splines to remove some pre-load and noise is gone. I have since moved it back a little to find a happy medium, which resulted in no noise, but enough preload that the kicker engages early enough to start the bike. Like you mentioned, the process I describe never required removing the left cover and changing anything internal as detailed in the video by huskydoggg that I referenced.