All 2st Kickstart position

Is there a position for the kickstart lever before mating the crankcases together,as there is a lot of slop forwards ,theres no clutch attached at the moment,im wondering if the return spring is in the right position

Anybody any ideas,I'm wanting to put the cases together and do not want to have to split them again

I 'recently' joined my WR300 cases and didn't remember anything over-complicated with the kicker spring, just make sure you have all the washers in the right position and that the spring ends are sitting in their locations. You can simulate if the kicker works before joining the halves, if it engages on the clutch side and returns to the upright position you should be good. The final kicker position can be adjusted moving it on the spline to get the correct position without touching the pipe etc.

Good luck