Hey guys, I just acquired an LT230 quadsport I am unsure of the year but I think it is an early model. Anyway I started it up last night and rode it a little bit then I put it back in the garage. When I went back to start it later, the kick start was locked. any ideas on what I am doing wrong?

 

i am sorta new to all this too, but do you have the compression release lever still installed? sometimes when mine stalls out, i cannot pull the kicker out until i release the compression lever. mine is actually missing, so for now, i use a pair of pliers to open the valve. i just ordered a new lever/perch assembly off of ebay and a new cable. makes starting a lot easier. this may not even be your problem either. i am just guessing. the motor isn't locked up is it? also possible internal meshing problem.

 

mine is missing the lever as well but i have just been pulling it up with my fingers when i start it, and it is clicked off right now and the lever is still tight. The engine isnt locked up because I roll started it today. When I pull on the lever it feels "locked", if i push it towards the frame it has a little bit of slack but if i pull it away from the frame it feels like something is holding it.

 

I've never heard of this problem, but here is a schematic of the kicker: http://www.alpha-sports.com/satv/1986/LT230S/26.htm

Can you push the kicker down while its running? If so, does it make any noises?

 

It is locked up when running as well. So no it doesnt make a noise. Looking at the schematic I can't see anything that would cause it to behave like it is

 

I can't either. You may have to tear into it to find the problem.

The gears are pretty robust, but I always tell my plump pals to use the compression release even though they're massive enough not to need to.

 

my guess is it is tear apart time. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] something could be broke and wedged itself between gears 5 and 3. hopefully it is something simple as that instead of something broken like shaft 7.

 

I will probably continue to roll start it, because I am not familiar with this kind of ATV at all and I would like to put off tearing into it as long as possible

 

From my experiance which isnt much...just tore into mine the other day because of this...the 2 gears that join at the kickstart end to actually will manage to rotate themselves out of place eventually. Because they are only halfgears hence they have gear only on 1 side of each gear. mine actually rotated around enough that it bound up...which is what u are experiencing..i bet u pop it apart and that would be ur issue