I purchased a whole kit on ebay, from a former KLR owner who never got around to installing it. Along with the genuine Eagle Mike doohickey, it included the rotor holder wrench (OEM), puller, a new rotor bolt, and the Eagle torsion spring. It took me about half of the day to tear it down and install the tensioner. I have reinstalled the rotor and torqued it, but cannot finish the job because there are two thrust washers missing from one of the starter gears. From what I can tell, a previous owner must have had this apart for some reason (without upgrading the tensioner) and somehow left out the thrust washers for the lower starter gear. They mixed up a couple of the case bolts too, which was a good clue.
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| The lower starter gear was missing both washers; waiting for them to arrive from eBay... |
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| I was pleased that the original tensioner was intact, including the spring. |
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| I am very impressed by the quality of Eagle Mike's Doohickey, not-so with the OEM part! |
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| Drilled torsion spring hole, "barely (1/16") left of 6:00" |
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| The Doo is done. |
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| I couldn't get the torsion spring to stay out of the way. I need to find out if this is okay... |
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