KDX200 Clutch Basket - Scratches?

[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

[SS109]

Weird. I haven't seen that before.

[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

[SS109]

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.

[KDXGarage]

It's a cast basket, not billet, so someone had to sand / grind the casting parts off.

[bufftester]

Mine looked exactly like that last time I had it off, as KDXG mentioned, likely a remnant from their production

[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

[KDXGarage]

Get a service manual, if you don't already have one.

[lucy]

Those striations are not uncommon.

[KDXGarage]

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.

[ChucksKDX]

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.

[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.