390 Kick Arm Stripped

The kick starter on my 80 CR 390 has stripped. The splines are toast. Can’t seem to find a used unit in good condition. If anyone has a good used unit please PM me
Aloha
Tiger

Do you need the kicker lever, the kicker shaft, or both?

eBay? I think the 250/360 shafts of that era are the same. Any pics? The splines changed one year.

The levers come up on ebay every once in a while... Often for crazy prices. If you're patient you can find a good one at a decent price.

In a pinch the far more common kick levers from the earlier bikes... at least back to the start of the GP frames in 1975 and probably a couple years earlier... should be adaptable to your bike... but you lose the nice way the lever swings out and away.

The splnes on kick unit itself are stripped, not the shaft it attaches to. So essential I need the entire unit. I found a used
arm on ebay, splnes appear to be ok. No
NOS to be found unfortunately.

Save the old one! Another thing that goes wrong is the lever part splits where it slips over the stub on splined part. I had one do that and have seen some split like that on ebay. I was thinking I still might have the splined piece from my old one and was going to look for it this weekend... but glad you found one!

Also be careful about installing the new one... easiest with the cover off... lots of threads on here about it. You probably know this already but if you install the splined piece wound up to where the internal kick gears engage too soon it's very likely the cover could break on a kick back.

Probably the poorest part of the Husqvarna design, fine splines, hitting the footpeg and on the left side, plus the vibration of single cylinder engine is not a recipe for a long life. This has lead to a pretty extreme shortage of kickers and the only other one I have found with the same splines is the similar era Rotax 2t, probably even harder to find!!

I welded mine on the 450, no problems since. If I need to pull it, it's easy to grind it off. The shafts are fairly available.

HAHAHAHAHAH!! The pot has been stirred!

i might have been suckered...

No trick or treat here, I did weld the kicker. It has been a bear to find another cheap enough for me. One day I'll get one. It was a fast and easy repair. I've kicked that bike a thousand times with no ill effect except the damage to my foot. I wish it would start! I still limp around after 3 months. I know it's not the kind of thing to admit on a Husky Forum. But I aint sceert.

Well then fix it. When properly tuned, absent of air leaks, and have a clean carb. bowl Huskys are not difficult to start.

I'm working on that.

I would still dispute that big bore Huskies are easy to start, relies on to many factors to be right including the basic of just being able to stand at the right height to kick them over.

Had the same problem on my 78 390. After going through 2 kick start levers I installed a decomp device in the head and no problem since. Takes the load off the fine spline.

Was able to find a clean unit in Oregon. Thanks for all the help.

Dave Pratt in Oregon?

It would be great if someone started reproducing the 1978-1980 fine spline knuckle. Or make the shaft in the coarse spline to use the 82 and later kick start levers

Marty

HVA factory ?