QUESTION??

i recently looked in on my starter shaft through the alternator hole and i see a chain i was wondering if that chain could be stretched out to were it is just skipping over the top of the gear. and if so can i replace it easy enough?

 

it can be done but it aint easy, there is a post by redcentre, good luck.

 

It's not the Chain skipping over the gears.
It's the Drive Gear to that Chain that's not engaging because the Starter Clutch is stuck or it's internals need to be overhauled.

These little bastards, right here ... need replacement!
Little, tiny, iddy, biddy parts.
Cheap; too ... by most accounts.

It's a nightmare to have to replace them ... no matter how you cut it!
You either risk doing the shortcut ... or,
Spend some time yanking the engine and splitting the cases.

Makes you kind of wish there was a fold-out lever to jump-on and Kick Start the bike ... huh?

http://www.oldbikebarn.com/Motorcycle_P ... utch-Kit_3

 

can you not just replace the starter???

 

If your problem is the Starter ... sure!
But, the Starter's "Business-end" is it's geared shaft.
The shaft engages a reduction gear and idler.
The Idler is positioned nest to the Starter Clutch which, when it engages, turns the Gear and sets that Chain you can see in motion to turn-over the Engine.

If the Starter Clutch fails to engage the drive gear ... there's no application of any power to the gear driving the chain.
The Starter spins.
The Starter Shaft engages the Idler, OK
The Idler Gear turns but the Clutching Pins don't engage.

Nobody want to hear that their Starter Clutch went South.
It's right up there with, "Mom's up on the roof!"

 

Boy I sure am going to hate to push start mine if that part ever goes out.