Kick starter pedal?

[2 strokes 4 life]

On my 2002 EC250 i took off the kick start pedal and there is this little ball or pin where the bolt used to screw into. What happened or what did i do and how can i fix it? THANKS!!!

[2 strokes 4 life]

Does anyone know what this problem might be?

[cdn280]

Adding a picture would help. There's a small and spring that fit into a detent to keep the thing from flopping out.

[2 strokes 4 life]

I will get a pic on here soon.

[Jim Cook]

Originally Posted by 2 strokes 4 life

On my 2002 EC250 i took off the kick start pedal and there is this little ball or pin where the bolt used to screw into. What happened or what did i do and how can i fix it? THANKS!!!

Instead of taking the whole kickstart lever assembly off the k/s shaft, you took the k/s pedal off the k/s clevis (leaving the clevis on the shaft).

When this happened, the spring and ball (normally located in the small hole in the inside of the pedal and held in place by the pedal being on the clevis) fell out of place. As it came apart, the pedal trapped the ball and spring, leaving them on top of the clevis.

Just put the spring back in the hole, and the ball in after the spring.
Hold these in place with a pick or a very small screwdriver while you slide the pedal back onto the clevis. Put some good grade grease on the shaft part of the clevis before you reassemble.

Use thread lock to keep both k/s torx headed bolts from backing out under use.

[2 strokes 4 life]

I did take off the keick pedal and not th clevis. Where the bolt used to go in there is now a ball that i can not push down.

[2 strokes 4 life]

Thanks for the replys. It seems the spring and ball had never been lubed since new and it seized. So i took a center punch and beat the ball back down. After that i had messed up the threads. So i am going to take a tap and dye set and cut some new threads. Thanks again.

[iancp5]

Someone I knew after rebuilding his bike had the little ball and spring left over. Assumed they must've been left from something else in the garage threw them away. Imagine his annoyance when riding the bike the kickstart lever kept folding out and getting in the way. Heard he had to buy a whole new kickstart because GG don't supply them separately and he couldn't find anything similar anywhere. What a numb nut. I'd never do anything like that ................

[2 strokes 4 life]

Gofatsers.com has the ball and spring. In total its about $25 with the shipping. I am just going to buy a YZ250 kick starter.

[iancp5]

Originally Posted by 2 strokes 4 life

Gofatsers.com has the ball and spring. In total its about $25 with the shipping. I am just going to buy a YZ250 kick starter.

Looks like my "friend" was stitched up by his stealer!