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| ====== 1968 Kicker Cover Roll Pin Repair ====== | ====== 1968 Kicker Cover Roll Pin Repair ====== |
| Note - Upon repair, this is helpful reading [[techtalk:ih:priclutch02a|How to Adjust a Dry Clutch]] | Note - Upon repair, this is helpful reading [[techtalk:ih:priclutch01a|How to Adjust a Dry Clutch]] |
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| The little roll pin sticking out of the inside of the kicker cover acts as a stop pin. The release should rest on the pin when the clutch lever is fully extended and the adjustment of the release rod is slack. ((Bustert of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/ironhead-sportster-motorcycle-talk-1957-1985/192529-kicker-cover-roll-pin?t=2061986)) Sometimes they will snap off. This could be due to it being a pretty wimpy size pin, and possibly bad clutch adjustment followed by abuse. ((DirtyHarry68 of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/ironhead-sportster-motorcycle-talk-1957-1985/192529-kicker-cover-roll-pin/page2?t=2061986&page=2)) \\ Up to '67, the hole was drilled all the way through where you could drive the old pin out from below. However, the sprocket cover changed in '68. ((brucstoudt of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/ironhead-sportster-motorcycle-talk-1957-1985/192529-kicker-cover-roll-pin/page2?t=2061986&page=2)) \\ | The little roll pin sticking out of the inside of the kicker cover acts as a stop pin. The release should rest on the pin when the clutch lever is fully extended and the adjustment of the release rod is slack. ((Bustert of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/ironhead-sportster-motorcycle-talk-1957-1985/192529-kicker-cover-roll-pin?t=2061986)) Sometimes they will snap off. This could be due to it being a pretty wimpy size pin, and possibly bad clutch adjustment followed by abuse. ((DirtyHarry68 of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/ironhead-sportster-motorcycle-talk-1957-1985/192529-kicker-cover-roll-pin/page2?t=2061986&page=2)) \\ Up to '67, the hole was drilled all the way through where you could drive the old pin out from below. However, the sprocket cover changed in '68. ((brucstoudt of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/ironhead-sportster-motorcycle-talk-1957-1985/192529-kicker-cover-roll-pin/page2?t=2061986&page=2)) \\ |
