EW350 welding a kickstart lever

[Douglas52]

Of my two kickstart levers, one is broken in two about halfway down, and the other is cracked about 40mm from the splined boss. The lever metal appears rather odd; some sort of forging with the triangular crossection section formed by the lever being folded back on itself. Not a lot of ductility or strength evident. The metal is quite fine grained but whitish, not unlike cast iron.
Thinking about stick welding the broken lever using a straight nickel electrode. Considered brazing the crack using bronze but could be troublesome if it doesn't work out.
Any ideas?
Cheers
Steve

[Doug]

Steve,

The EW kick start lever is a steel stamping. They were forged 'straight' and then the bends applied. Weld with any good electrode for steel, such as a low-hydrogen rod. I do not believe the original levers had any sort of heat treatment that you need to worry about.

-Doug