TS (and ES) 125 kickstart ratchet spring assy
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2022 5:31 am
Behind the clutch on my TS125 is a bit of a mess. The kickstart ratchet pinion has been thrashing about and grinding through various parts. Also, the spring cup (centre in image) is destroyed and the spring clip (right in image) floating free.
New parts are on their way, but I can't understand, or find in any manual, how these parts fit together. Clearly the small end of the spring fits into the spring cup, but what does the spring clip clip to? It can't hold anything into the crankcase as it's too small a diameter. I imagine it clips into the spring cup, but why and how?
Any help at all on this assembly would be welcome, I stripped my spare engine to find out, but it's exactly the same in that one too!