At first sight the new shaft looked great with its new splines and shiny surface. On closer inspection I started to have my doubts when I noticed that the circlip groove appeared closer to the outer end.
Using the the groove for the kick start retaining bolt at the outer end of the shafts as reference I aligned the two shafts by laying them on a 6mm drill. As the photographs clearly shows the shafts are different. The circlip groove and the retaining pin hole are closer to the outer end by approximately 4mm on the new shaft. The overall length is good.
As a further check I assembled the quadrant gear onto the shaft and then the kick start leaver in its correct position. The circlip groove should be visible so that it can be fitted to retain the shaft.
Nothing for it but to send the shaft back to Scooter Surgery. When questioned Patrick said that there were more than one type of shaft and he had sent the one he had. He would collect me a replacement one when he went to Italy in February.
Sometimes I wonder just how I got involved in this fiasco.
Whilst reviewing the kick start unit in one of the maintenance manuals I have I noticed that the quadrant gear appeared to have a spring arrangement attached to one side. There was no explanation as to what it did and I couldn't work out its purpose. I spoke to Patrick and he just said it was not necessary and forget about it. Well that's one approach, perhaps there's someone out there who know if he's right.
Having become somewhat of an expert on the unit I guess it wouldn't take long to strip it again and fit the missing bit should it be necessary, always assuming the bits are available.
Using the the groove for the kick start retaining bolt at the outer end of the shafts as reference I aligned the two shafts by laying them on a 6mm drill. As the photographs clearly shows the shafts are different. The circlip groove and the retaining pin hole are closer to the outer end by approximately 4mm on the new shaft. The overall length is good.
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| No circlip groove |
Nothing for it but to send the shaft back to Scooter Surgery. When questioned Patrick said that there were more than one type of shaft and he had sent the one he had. He would collect me a replacement one when he went to Italy in February.
Sometimes I wonder just how I got involved in this fiasco.
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| Part of the missing spring? |
Whilst reviewing the kick start unit in one of the maintenance manuals I have I noticed that the quadrant gear appeared to have a spring arrangement attached to one side. There was no explanation as to what it did and I couldn't work out its purpose. I spoke to Patrick and he just said it was not necessary and forget about it. Well that's one approach, perhaps there's someone out there who know if he's right.
Having become somewhat of an expert on the unit I guess it wouldn't take long to strip it again and fit the missing bit should it be necessary, always assuming the bits are available.
Might be a bit late but that spring is to avoid teeth jamming when kickstart engages. I'm looking for a second-hand cover with kickstart (ours is broken and the shaft chewed up).jone@ispdr.net.au
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