Tornado
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Trying to help out new owner of a MKIII bike with non- working e-start. He was back from a ride recently and engine was shut down when tweaking with the throttle stop screw on one carb...said it stopped with a backfire event. But I think that is unrelated. Upon trying to restart, starter just whirs with no engagement of engine crank. Is that typically the sprag clutch gone?
Today I visited to see it firsthand. We attempted to remove primary cover but a few of the fixing screws were too tight for the tools at hand...needs a heavy duty impact driver with a B.F. hammer I think, maybe some heating to soften any locktite in use.
Cannot kick start as the kicker does not seem to engage at the pawl device...I could hear/feel ratchet trying to engage, but will not hold any force off the kicker.
Another issue noted, the gear change shaft wobbles about where it passes out of outer primary. I assume there is a bush that can be replaced there?
Finally, I noted the throttle grip fairly stiff to rotate. My mkII bike has a slotted head bolt to tighten/lock grip, his mkIII has a much thinner slotted set screw with a fixing nut. We could not slacken that off as it was taking too much force and didn't want to risk damaging the slot. Any tricks here?
Today I visited to see it firsthand. We attempted to remove primary cover but a few of the fixing screws were too tight for the tools at hand...needs a heavy duty impact driver with a B.F. hammer I think, maybe some heating to soften any locktite in use.
Cannot kick start as the kicker does not seem to engage at the pawl device...I could hear/feel ratchet trying to engage, but will not hold any force off the kicker.
Another issue noted, the gear change shaft wobbles about where it passes out of outer primary. I assume there is a bush that can be replaced there?
Finally, I noted the throttle grip fairly stiff to rotate. My mkII bike has a slotted head bolt to tighten/lock grip, his mkIII has a much thinner slotted set screw with a fixing nut. We could not slacken that off as it was taking too much force and didn't want to risk damaging the slot. Any tricks here?