Web — with the back tire locking up and the kick starter stuck, an engine teardown is in order.

Web — if your 2 stroke engine is flooded (too much fuel in the combustion chamber), you can try removing the spark plug and pulling the starter cord a few times to expel.

Web — i have a 2 stroke and sometimes it seems to fire the motor backwards.

Its one of the reasons i tell people to start their bikes with full gear on.

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It will move a bit forward, but when i try and kick it back, it won't budge.

Web — use the 24 hours to go to an auto parts store and buy one of those pullers that have jaws that go behind the kickstarter and there is a threaded piece that will.

Web — she has only ridden 4 strokes and she was shifting way too early.

Web — dirt bikes live hard and die young, but let’s not assume the worst just yet.

Web — he bought the bike with the kick start stuck at the start of the kick like it was stuck engaged.

Hes had in parts and back together but getting no where.

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Web — today i wanted to put the clutch cover on and guess what, it doesn’t fit, seems like the kick starter shaft is sticking out a bit too much, and the gear sticks far.

Web — hey, my brother was riding my bike on the track today, and all of a sudden, the bike stopped working.

I suspect that it reached ignition while the piston is still on the upstroke, or it diesels (spontaneous ignition under pressure) and the engine motion is transferred back through the kick starter.

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Web — if your 4 stroke kick start is stuck, it could be due to a seized piston, jammed gear teeth, dirt and debris in the crankcase, or a seized transmission.

It can be unjammed by wiggling the lever and.

I told her to let it get into the power band before she shifted and now the kick starter is stuck!

Depending on if the engine is cased in aluminum or cast iron, it may.

It is stuck at the top.

I tried pb blaster and i let it sit for about an hour.

It could be the top end stuck the piston to the cylinder, could be the crank.

Then i took a battery terminal puller to try and get behind the shaft.

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Web — now this thing is having problems with the kick start lever and it get's stuck in the down position on almost every kick.

You might turn the idle screw in a 1/8 or 1/4 turn until you get.

Web — starting the kick just past tdc allows you to get the full down and up stroke of the piston on the kick.

Web — so my brother and i were riding over the weekend and my quad just died and wouldn't restart, we tried popping the clutch to try getting it to run and everytime it would.

Web — the kick start is seized on the shaft.

By the way, my dad bought.