Gaskets for Kickstart Upgrade
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 4:06 pm
I acquired a 1987 and am going to use the left case to upgrade my daughters '84 to kick start. I have two questions:
1. Any source for the gasket? I see kits but they don't appear to include the outer left cover gasket. I can make one although I generally don't like doing that for a gasket that big and skinny, or I could use Mr. Gasket on the old one, but would prefer to do it right with a new gasket if one is to be had.
2. In the tutorial on WikiSpree there is a warning about goofing around with the kick start return spring. Why would I need to mess with the spring if I am just pulling the kick start case/assembly off the '87 and bolting it on the '84?
Thanks!
1. Any source for the gasket? I see kits but they don't appear to include the outer left cover gasket. I can make one although I generally don't like doing that for a gasket that big and skinny, or I could use Mr. Gasket on the old one, but would prefer to do it right with a new gasket if one is to be had.
2. In the tutorial on WikiSpree there is a warning about goofing around with the kick start return spring. Why would I need to mess with the spring if I am just pulling the kick start case/assembly off the '87 and bolting it on the '84?
Thanks!