Had to change my inner tube this weekend and discovered my cush drives were very much ground to a powder (12 000 miles). Luckily I saw this post and I had the inner tube with the puncture to remedy the cush drive problem.

What a difference that made. Bike lost the jerk and I'm smiling.
Next mod will be the throttle. :toothy9:

There are quite a few threads about this
Chose the first one I got
Did mine today 6607 km
Seems to be a common problem

My answer to lift the rear wheel - custom size wood - always with me, second as my centre stand

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Was quite happy to find the bolt well greased, had a bad experience with my KLR650

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A lot of play and a lot of cleaning

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An easy job and a quick fix

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is it still a problem in 2015 models?...

I would think it is, you can check for any play in the Cush drive simply by getting hold of the sprocket and give it a good tug.

Yes, affects all models...bought mine at the start of 2015 .....after about 6 months did as Desert Racer suggests checked for wear by holding and trying to move the rear sprocket ....plenty of movement. Did the cush drive mod as shown, problem solved !..Steve

I've done over 18,000 miles on my XTX and as far as I know the cush rubbers have never been replaced. Do you think I might get away with doing this mod or will my rubbers be too far gone?

Had to double up on some motorbike inner tube to get it to stop wobbling but now the sprocket carrier has very little play in it. Very happy with this mod!

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Hi guys

I've made a more solid version to solve this problem - it lasts even longer than rubber:
http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=24172

A XT-guy from Norway was riding 40'000 km's without changing the rubbers.

cheers, Andy

Thanks Andy when it's time to fit new rubbers I will give this a try!

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Can one do this mod with worn rubbers?
Just fill space with more material