had a big oops!! today

[kix500]

Yeah so i was out rideing my 97 kx500 when wham it locked up tight  :-ojust about through me over the bars, luckily i was just starting to climb a hill and was in 1st. i thought for sure i seized it up but i was wrong i picked it up off the ground. and tried to push it woud'nt roll so i reach down to put it in to nuetrol and oh crap thats when i noticed it. my front sprocket split right in half and stripped every single spline off of my output shaft. i was ticked . so i pryed and pulled till i got the pieces of the sprocket out of the chainnd pushed it bout 1 mile back home . so now i need to know if anybody has an output shaft that will fit a 97 kx 5 i don't really want to go through a stealership 140$ wich aint bad but money is tight.

so does anyone know were to find a shaft or used one for a little cheaper??

thanks 
cory

[alan]

d**n, now there is one I have never heard of before! That really bites the big one!

[MadKaw]

found this on the bay. don't know if it would work for ya, but the price is right ...for now
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/KAWASAKI-KX-500-motor-bottom-end-1987_W0QQitemZ230109780297QQcategoryZ35595QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

[hughes]

Hope you find the part you need. Very rare failure. No damage to the cases?

[gowen]

any pictures?? amazing issue.

[kix500]

no it didn't hurt the cases. i will try to post pics later thought. i was wondering about welding the splines back in and then cutting new ones. but i don't know if the welds would hold??

[alan]

You must be talking about the splines on the sprocket. Don't weld it just replace it!

[gowen]

You must be talking about the splines on the sprocket. Don't weld it just replace it!

I have seen this before.. Infact, I did it recently on our little Z50.. But 200+lbs stunting down the road didn't help that either...

[MadKaw]

you talking about the inner slines of the front sprocket, or the outers on the shaft?

[kix500]

the outer splines on the shaft are gone. it spun inside the sprocket and stripped off the splines so the shaft needs to be replaced.

[MadKaw]

there is a 92 bottom end on ebay thats all taken apart. it'll be i n there for sure.  might get it and just part out the rest, probably make your money back.

[kix500]

hey madkaw i could not find the 92  bottom end you speak of. is it still on there?

[MadKaw]

here's one, but not the one I was talkin about 120105718877 
but this is the one I was refering to 140103798493
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/92-KX-500-COMPLETE-LOWER-END_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ35595QQihZ004QQitemZ140103798493QQrdZ1