2005 crf450x kickstart problem

[kawasakimojaverider]

it was kickstarting fine and now its like it striped a gear my friend said it could be a spring. any ideas??

[TRX450R_Racer]

A stripped gear is very unlikely. I would pull the side cover and look at it. Does it turn the motor? Does it spring back?

[Fox17]

when i rebuilt my XR, i had to take the side cover off cause i dropped the cam chain down there and couldnt reach it any other way. when i did that, the spring came off and the kickstart gears all fell out. well, the spring isnt in there very good and it took me a few tries to get it back on right. when i put it back on wrong, it wasnt coming back up and it wouldnt move very far. so id check the spring. and get a service manual to see how to put it back on. it requires alot of pressure in the XR.

[kawasakimojaverider]

A stripped gear is very unlikely. I would pull the side cover and look at it. Does it turn the motor? Does it spring back?

sometimes it will catch and start and some times it dont catch at all it springs back fine is anything gonna fall apart if i take the side cover off??