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KDX200 Clutch Basket - Scratches?
Posted: 10:33 am May 13 2020
by ChucksKDX
Hello, can anybody tell me what causes these scratches all the way around the clutch basket and is this normal? See pic below.
Thanks,
Chuck
https://flic.kr/p/2j1Hjiv
Re: KDX200 Clutch Basket - Scratches?
Posted: 04:14 pm May 13 2020
by SS109
Weird. I haven't seen that before.
Re: KDX200 Clutch Basket - Scratches?
Posted: 04:34 pm May 13 2020
by KDXGarage
just spitballing, but I shall wildly guess, scratches are from production, poor sanding or finishing technique
when I first read it, I thought something was grinding against it in a circle, but nope
Re: KDX200 Clutch Basket - Scratches?
Posted: 05:40 pm May 13 2020
by SS109
KDXGarage wrote: 04:34 pm May 13 2020
when I first read it, I thought something was grinding against it in a circle, but nope
Yeah, same here. I can't think of any way that could happen from the engine running so your assumption sounds right to me.
Re: KDX200 Clutch Basket - Scratches?
Posted: 05:50 pm May 13 2020
by KDXGarage
It's a cast basket, not billet, so someone had to sand / grind the casting parts off.
Re: KDX200 Clutch Basket - Scratches?
Posted: 06:56 pm May 13 2020
by bufftester
Mine looked exactly like that last time I had it off, as KDXG mentioned, likely a remnant from their production
Re: KDX200 Clutch Basket - Scratches?
Posted: 12:05 pm May 14 2020
by ChucksKDX
Guys, thanks for all the replies. For once, something reassuring in a positive way! It's been battle after battle so far in going through this bike and when I saw this, it was what the heck now? Thanks again,
Chuck
Re: KDX200 Clutch Basket - Scratches?
Posted: 12:17 pm May 14 2020
by KDXGarage
Get a service manual, if you don't already have one.
Re: KDX200 Clutch Basket - Scratches?
Posted: 04:03 pm May 14 2020
by lucy
Those striations are not uncommon.
Re: KDX200 Clutch Basket - Scratches?
Posted: 05:28 pm May 14 2020
by KDXGarage
KDXGarage wrote: 12:17 pm May 14 2020
Get a service manual, if you don't already have one.
FROM OP: Thanks; I picked an electronic one up off Ebay and use it with an app on my IPad. Kind of cumbersome, but I was having a hard time finding a hard copy for an '01 at the time.
EDIT: I am not sure about the URL in your pic, but please don't post links for copyright violation manauals on kdxrider. The site wants no involvement in copyright violation concerns. I could not seem to edit out the attachment, so I had to delete your post. Thanks.
Re: KDX200 Clutch Basket - Scratches?
Posted: 09:53 am May 15 2020
by ChucksKDX
KDXGarage wrote: 05:28 pm May 14 2020
KDXGarage wrote: 12:17 pm May 14 2020
Get a service manual, if you don't already have one.
FROM OP: Thanks; I picked an electronic one up off Ebay and use it with an app on my IPad. Kind of cumbersome, but I was having a hard time finding a hard copy for an '01 at the time.
EDIT: I am not sure about the URL in your pic, but please don't post links for copyright violation manauals on kdxrider. The site wants no involvement in copyright violation concerns. I could not seem to edit out the attachment, so I had to delete your post. Thanks.
Sorry about that, didn't mean to do anything unacceptable. Didn't know I purchased something illegal either. I believe I will question them on how they are able to sell these.
Re: KDX200 Clutch Basket - Scratches?
Posted: 10:50 am May 15 2020
by KDXGarage
Hey. No problem. The site just wants no concerns about it.
Kawasaki's lawyers have not come to get them. Any KDX printed manual states on about page 2 about do not copy / reproduce. Pretty much every single seller has downloaded it from somewhere else, then is selling it. They aren't even the one that copied it in the first place.