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If you look at the first picture you can see that there was some major rubbing going on. At first I thought it was the outer cups of the insert that goes over the magnet. I was wrong. What rubs on these things is the two big bolt heads on that piece which you can see in the second picture. I ran this thing over 100 miles before I realized that it was the bolt heads and that it could be fixed.
You can see in this picture the bolt heads that I'm talking about and also that they are the parts rubbing.
In this picture I show my solution. It's a quite simple one and works perfectly. All I did was grind down the majority of the bolt heads with a sanding disc. I would say a good 3/32 of material was removed. Though there is still juuuuust enough to get a wrench on there but that will never be necessary.
This final picture shows that my solution is in fact a solution lol. I colored the tops of the shortened bolt heads with a black sharpy to check for any friction or rubbing against the surface. This picture was taken after the engine was running for a good amount of time. Plenty of time to show if there is any rubbing and there is no black removed.
So if anyone ever installs a pull start it would be wise to do what I've done before ever even installing it. It took me over 100 miles of riding and a lot of metal shaving dust in my magneto housing before I came up with this solution. Just thought I'd pass this on to any pull start users like myself. I can't live without these things lol.
You can see in this picture the bolt heads that I'm talking about and also that they are the parts rubbing.
In this picture I show my solution. It's a quite simple one and works perfectly. All I did was grind down the majority of the bolt heads with a sanding disc. I would say a good 3/32 of material was removed. Though there is still juuuuust enough to get a wrench on there but that will never be necessary.
This final picture shows that my solution is in fact a solution lol. I colored the tops of the shortened bolt heads with a black sharpy to check for any friction or rubbing against the surface. This picture was taken after the engine was running for a good amount of time. Plenty of time to show if there is any rubbing and there is no black removed.
So if anyone ever installs a pull start it would be wise to do what I've done before ever even installing it. It took me over 100 miles of riding and a lot of metal shaving dust in my magneto housing before I came up with this solution. Just thought I'd pass this on to any pull start users like myself. I can't live without these things lol.