Long story short, experienced the beginnings of a kickback when trying to start my 86 XC 400 but then felt no resistance and the Kickstarter did not catch anymore. Pulled the cover and found that the needle bearing was disintegrated and the center of the kickstart gear was oblong. Obviously need to replace bearing and gear but was this caused by misalignment elsewhere and do it need to focus energies elsewhere as well? Can I fish out pieces from the clutch side and call it a day or do I need to split cases and clean everything out?
And to think I was just a few adjustments away from my build finally being done…
And to think I was just a few adjustments away from my build finally being done…