86 Spree with possible bad starter gear & no kickstart?

[86SPREEE]

Just picked up a 1986 spree- emissions label and when vin ran both state bike is a 1986. Odd thing is their is no kickstart -I thought 85-86 had kickstarts . Owner says he never changed side cover.

Ok then-its been sitting 3 years- owner said the drive pully(near the starter clutch) has a broken tooth- and this was replaced in 95 with a honda part. So it needs to be replaced again- 4500 miles- is it common to break teeth?

I tried to crank it but it gets stuck on the missing tooth-

guess last question is about the starter pinion- is the whole assembly just sit in the hole - doesnt lock in place and would seem to possible be causing the teeth to break if it can shift and get off center when started.


Wanted to get it running to use at the house- but maybe parting it depending on whats involved. No title so cant see investing much into it. thanks guys

[Bear45-70]

Change both the starter bendix and the gear/outer pulley at the same time and it won't fail again. If one gear fails, it will have damaged the other gear and you need to replace both or the new gear will be destroyed by the old one, just like what happened to you.

Unless the PO was the original owner, who knows why it does not have the kick starter anymore. You can find the cover and the rest of the kick starter parts on the forum here or on flea-bay.

[86SPREEE]

Just what i was thinking- thanks for the input