Need urgent help with kickstart not fitting over spline!

[Liveto_ride]

Hey guys i recently bought off eBay a custom gold kickstart for my 140cc pitpro with the YX engine.

After receiving the kick start and realising it did not fit, i looked on eBay and found out it is not suitable for the YX engines with the larger spline.

Just wondering what my options are to make it fit?

 

[rotn50]

Do you have a 13mm or 16mm kickstart shaft?

 

[bulldog93]

Welding it. ( Don't recommend though ) Best to sell and get proper kickstarter

 

[Liveto_ride]

16mm, but i got the smaller one, only now finding out it didn't fit! tried bending it out a bit to fit over, and snapped it at the weakest point :l

 

[liljohn_92]

Get a forged kickstarter, Those "cnc" kickstarters bend, twist, snap and do just about everything you don't want them to do.

 

[rotn50]

Damn dude, yeah you wont get the 13mm to stretch enough to fit the 16mm, if you did you would then hope it doesn't twist on the shaft. So far the only styles i have seen in 16mm form are the stock kickers, 250 kickers and the pitster pro forged kickers. PitsterPRO Forged Kick Start, the Strongest Kicker on the Market

 

[Liveto_ride]

yeah that was my thought, i may try selling it and buying that forged one, i just like the colour and design of the gold one!

 

[Rodney68]

That forged kicker is great i have the one on the my Braaap and never had any trouble with it.

 

[8r3nd0]

I stand by that kick starter aswell very strong but make sure to put it on the spine in the correct position, if you get it, install the original in the original position and open out the new forged one and put it on open in the same vertical position so as to get the full kick out of it i hope that makes sense. Also how are you gonna sell a broken kick starter, good luck with that.

 

[Liveto_ride]

Sorry I missed the most important part, they are sellin out a new one free of charge, but I am calling him first thing in the morning, and see if I can get a 16mm one.