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A rare bird. I'm not sure I've ever seen one come up for sale in the north east.

https://newlondon.craigslist.org/mcy/d/pawcatuck-1989-yamaha-tdr-250/7660812491.html

Greetings lads. I'm in the process of reassembling an RD350 engine. I'm at the point of installing the clutch and I have a few questions, if I may.

I noticed that the outer clutch basket has quite a bit of play re. the cush assembly. The basket will rotate freely of the drive gear, with maybe 30* of rotation. My experience is not with RDs but I'm of the opinion that any play is excessive. Could anyone shed some light on that for me? Is this fine/ normal or is it worn out like I think it is?

Second, to my embarrassment I found a stepped thrust washer that I'm not exactly sure the placement of. Is it between the basket and the case, or the between the 2 baskets? And can you enlighten me which way the step side faces?

And finally, in disassembling the engine I was force to drill the head off one of the clutch bolts. I think it would be prudent of me to replace them as a set but in my lackluster searching I haven't found any that I've been too excited about. So, where would you recommend I look for a set of clutch screws?

Thank you very much
Jon

https://smd.craigslist.org/mcy/d/lexington-park-1984-yamaha-rz350/7488340898.html

It looks well done.

https://albany.craigslist.org/mcy/d/albany-2006-gsxrd350/7485565535.html