Hitchcocks Forum

Posted: **Mon Sep 04, 2017 8:14 pm**

Hi just wondering if any one can help. Had compression on Kick start lever at 11 o clock . Now it will only compress at 6 o clock . Kick start lever hasn't moved on external spines and as it springs back up the clicking noise it used to have had vanished!!. Many thanks calv

Posted: **Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:02 pm**

Sounds like the kickstart pawl is slipping.

Posted: **Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:09 pm**

Thanks thought that might be the case!

Posted: **Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:28 pm**

As Paul said.

While you may have never noticed it, you have been accidentally touching the kstart lever with your right heel/calf as you ride along.

The Cranked Kstart lever fitted to latter Bullets, needed to clear the extra long muffler, puts the lever too close to ones right foot; only a slight degree of Kstart lever movement while the bike is on the road, and premature wear to the Kstart pawl is the end result.

If you have a long header pipe and shorter muffler fitted, consider a Straight leg Kstart lever...

Posted: **Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:40 pm**

I'm not sure if this is the case! just probably the age of the 59 constellation pawl has finally worn out .

Posted: **Tue Sep 05, 2017 6:07 pm**

No compression at 11 o'clock only at 6 o'clock?, just have to get up earlier to start it

Posted: **Tue Sep 05, 2017 6:14 pm**

Revband, you are worse than me - we'd better duck, the rotten veg will be hurled in our direction quite soon at this rate !!

Posted: **Wed Sep 06, 2017 8:46 am**

Pawl was missing the plunger and spring!Thanks again