--- http://www.masclassics.com/vtwin/1246.php --- mainshaft gear puller -- ya could make one if ya had a welder

 

kicker like this --- http://www.ebay.com/itm/Harley-Swing...8a6657&vxp=mtr ----

NOT like this --- http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHROME-KICK-...f6a60d&vxp=mtr ---

 

plenty of shops, just hate having everyone do things for my own bike.

 

I am with you on working on it yourself when you can. You should buy a puller cause you never know when it will come in handy for something else.

 

that puller is really only good for just that gear-- really smll and compact -- ask to borrow one and leave a deposit maybe? make 1 its really a simple thing --

 

a good buddy of mine is a machinist and pretty good auto mechanic, so chances are he's either got one or we'll make one. I'll let you guys know how it goes but I won't get to it for a while as I'm going outta town for a few days. thanx for all the help.

 

mmm... I don't remember having to deal with that when I installed a kickstart kit on my '79 FLH... OR at least I am sure I never had the extractor nor I know anybody who had it at the time... :S

 

I've used a small cheap auto 2 jaw puller to pop those off before , they have some with flat arms for pulling alternator & power steering pulley's . Check the local O'reilly's or other auto parts places they rent them .

 

another question. I'm putting my kick starter back together and realize that I can't move the push rod by hand. I'm pretty sure I could push it in and out when I first took things apart. anyone know what's going on? I'm assuming that it should be able to move just by using my hands right? I loosened the started clutch nut to see if that did anything to free it up but did nothing. ????

 

ok. guess not. the lever applies a lot more pressure than my hands I'm thinking. yeah, we'll go with that.