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Offline Ahole500

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Re: Items prone to fail on the 500?
« Reply #15 on: June 29, 2009, 02:42:13 PM »
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

Offline DoldGuy

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Re: Items prone to fail on the 500?
« Reply #16 on: June 29, 2009, 03:02:54 PM »
We do have some gifted machinist here on this forum. Anyone??
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Offline martinfan30

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Re: Items prone to fail on the 500?
« Reply #17 on: June 30, 2009, 02:03:33 PM »
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.
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Offline JohnJr

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Re: Items prone to fail on the 500?
« Reply #18 on: June 30, 2009, 02:43:12 PM »
People"s smile when you blast past them on a kx500!!!!!!

Offline Ahole500

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Re: Items prone to fail on the 500?
« Reply #19 on: July 01, 2009, 02:50:19 PM »
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

Offline snoopjonnyjon

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Re: Items prone to fail on the 500?
« Reply #20 on: July 02, 2009, 04:53:24 AM »
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.

Offline BDI

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Re: Items prone to fail on the 500?
« Reply #21 on: July 02, 2009, 10:56:07 AM »
People"s smile when you blast past them on a kx500!!!!!!
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Sure they do :lol: :lol: and then they sing the happy happy joy joy song as they pick the rocks out of their teeth  :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
   

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