Recent content by Mason Spencer

The tach end doesn't have the same collar, however if I try and pull the inner cable out and flip it around, too much sticks out where you can't screw the cable into the tach.

Hi folks, I got a tach cable to accompany my analog gauges, the guy before me had electronic ones and they were definitely not accurate. Plus I like the look of the originals anyways, but I digress. I noticed when I try to install it into the top end, it doesn't go deep enough (1st pic). You...

Hey everyone since you were all dying to know, I finally got my bike up and running! Starter clutch was totally eaten up on the inside, lots of chatter marks and wear inside there. Ended up just buying a whole new one for about 100 bucks, some company in Poland was selling them brand new...

Yep luckily we just used blue Loctite. And thank you, I will send you a PM and take you up on that offer! It would make sense the springs might have lost some of their luster, even if they looked alright cosmetically.

Hello again all, Took the starter clutch off, gave it a once-over, put it back on with Loctite. Hand-turned the rotor and it seemed to grab and turn the crankshaft, all appeared well and good. However, we put it all back together and fill it with oil, the damn thing still won't catch! Here are...

Good(ish) news, cracked open the bike and discovered that the springs, rollers, housing and all were safe and sound. However, the culprit was even more annoying: shitty workmanship! It seems the guy I bought this from, or possibly someone before, didn't tighten the one-way clutch down enough...

Thanks! I am opening up the housing tonight and will see what looks most worn-out. Hopefully it is just the springs so I can save a good deal of money. This dang bike is already nickel-and-diming me enough as it is!

Thank you, I did find that website, oddly enough when I input my year, I can buy the dowel pin and caps for the 1979 model, but not the springs. In the parts list it gives a different part number than you gave for the spring. The next closest year where springs are available are the 1981 model...

Hopefully someone can help on this old post, but I can't find a starter clutch repair kit out there for my '79, the links in here are dead...:( why won't one for the newer models work? I know they went to DOHC but did the rollers in there change that much? Will it bind up or something?