I've broken my bike!

I suspect it's from push starting it when I was fed up with trying to kick start it (low on gas and trying to get to the gas station). Once it started after push-starting, the engine sounded TERRIBLE! When I stopped the engine because of the horrible noise, the kick-starter wouldn't move more than an eighth of the way down. Backing the bike up in gear reset the kick-start, but the engine still sounded awful when started.

I've checked the cylinder and piston and everything is A-OK. What could I have done? Gears broken? Crankshaft bent? It's just so darn hard to get in there!!!

Luckily I found anther engine and kick assembly on eBay, but my engine looks much better than it. Is there an easy way to diagnose this?

Thanks for your help,

Eva

How about the timing for running lousy ?..

How about the timing for running lousy ?..

Thanks, Harv. I think I found it! There was a tiny little pin (machined) jammed between two teeth of the main drive gear. Once we removed it, the gears turned easily and the kick gear worked fine.

It seems that only minor damage occurred on the smaller drive gear and I can't wait to get the engine back on and running!

Now the wonder is: Where the heck did that pin come from?