Items prone to fail on the 500?

[Ahole500]

i've killed 2 kickers,snapped rite off.

Curious, where are the kickers prone to fail? Where do they break? With a good kick start routine, can this be avoided?

all mine broke at the pivot point,the part and the shaft breaks.the main part of kicker just wears a groove into the monting part and makes it weak and snaps in half.i wish i could find a billet one and not the cast b/s

[DoldGuy]

We do have some gifted machinist here on this forum. Anyone??

[martinfan30]

We do have some gifted machinist here on this forum. Anyone??

Only problem with that is, I'd rather have the kicker break at that point. Instead of strengthening the kicker and finding the next weak point inside the case.

[JohnJr]

People"s smile when you blast past them on a kx500!!!!!!

[Ahole500]

We do have some gifted machinist here on this forum. Anyone??

Only problem with that is, I'd rather have the kicker break at that point. Instead of strengthening the kicker and finding the next weak point inside the case.

good point

[snoopjonnyjon]

I got my replacement kicker earlier this week, and the 04 kicker was definately slightly beefier than the 98. I'll find out if it holds up or not.

[BDI]

People"s smile when you blast past them on a kx500!!!!!!

Sure they do and then they sing the happy happy joy joy song as they pick the rocks out of their teeth 
   

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