yes Kick-starter is the slang we call it here. The gear that engages the flywheel is always OK. Where the prob is the internal gears you see if the "Kick starter" is disassembled. The internal gears are always shattered. This is the 3rd time its happening within 1 week. hence, my conclusio...

let me give a background to what really happened. The Astro Van V6 engine was replaced with another v6 vortec engine. The kickstarter that came with the replacement engine worked just once. The new engine is Ok and worked fine for some hours. When the mechanic tried starting the engine again , we st...

Hello , I am having issues with my Astro Van 2001 model. The van is having starting issues. My Mechanic told me its the kick starter. After replacing the kick starter, same issue. The Mechanic removed the new kick. On inspection, the internal gears were shattered. We put in another kick that was per...