I don't get it. I must have fitted the kickstart shaft a dozen times over the years but I can't get the spring to go on. I'm doing something wrong here, but what?
The shaft end stop rests against a lump in the casting about the 5 o'clock. The inside of the spring rests against the back of this endstop, while the outside of the spring locates in a place in the casting about the 11 o'clock position.
With no tension on the spring, it only needs about 6mm to locate the outer of the spring in the casting - which isn't enough tension.
I tried tensioning the spring another 360 degrees (with much swearing at the shite on the radio), but now there's way too much tension and the outer of the spring is being pulled half out of the slot.
Can anyone shed some light on what the F is going on. The manual is no bloody help either.