wow,...what a response,..great and helpful information guys:
Friar-tuck :, thank you very much for that smorgasbord of info on what interchanges with what, and for the link to getting it new, think i will be doing that, getting the new one, just gonna have to wait 2 weeks till next payday heh:)
KXcam22 : i had thought about just dropping it back in that way for now,...but i run 2 foot worth of heavy mud paddle on the back of my quad,.... i already eat up sprocket carriers on the back axle at a rate of about one per season when my quad was all together before, somehow i wasnt to thrilled at adding in another weak point to the mix, besides right now the bike is all apart probably till spring time while i gather up all the parts n pieces i need to replace courtesy of an $@%^@ little brother and a house fire.
Larry Wiechman-- i got your PM, and i may go that route just to have a spare back-up part on hand, i've broken baskets before in the 250's i used to run, so an extra part or two, that i know to break at times is a good idea.
As for now, seems i have plenty of time to work on that kicker fix with the dremel once it charges back up, as well as look into stator and cdi ideas (will be posting on that a little later)
again thanks for the great responses here guys, I've been learning LOADS of stuff about my K5 motor that years ago no one even thought to ask about, with the help of these boards i mean to make sure my K5 Tecate smokes everthing i come up against at the local riding spots *evil grin*
