Kickstart

Mondays are meeting days for the Vespa club in Stavanger, however, nobody (except me, coming to a locked door...) had the chance to meet at the workshop today.

Audience was however granted to Mr Presidents castle, his 180SS engine has been dismantled, and I was curious about how my kickstart gear can be so low.

180SS casings...

Kickstart gear in resting position...

Kickstart gear in max kick position...

My new kickstart gear matches the original kickstart, and there is no way the kickstart gear can be fitted incorrect by the looks of it.

The position of the spline (not showing) on my defect kick deviates 35-40 degrees downwards compared to the new kick gear.

Based on this leads me to the conclusion that the defect kickstart gear is infact defect; most likely the gear "moon" has rotated on the axle shaft at some point during heavy load. Good thing I ordered the new kickstart gear!

I leave you with some photos from Mr. Presidents garage:

Bastard and Auntie Red (Tante Rød)...

Night Rider