Well Fredette says that clutch basket is stock??? And the spring lenghts in the service books are not always right??? I counted 7 friction plates and 6 steel rings in there last night, as shown on the Kawasaki website. The Kaw drawing does not show any extra spacers or anything. I thought the 1" (25mm) socket I took home last night would fit the clutch nut, but it didn't. I've got a 1-1/16 and a 1-1/8" going home with me tonight. I think I really need to look at these plates. By the way, the guy I bought the bike from, on eBay, has been extremely co-operative and says he will re-imburse me for any parts. I keep waiting to get screwed on eBay, but it hasn't happened yet.
The metal chips in my drained oil have me a little worried, but at least they appear to be aluminum, not steel. Before I tore the engine down, I changed the oil just in case the prior owner put in something with modifiers in it. We ran the bike for maybe 20 minutes with no change in the effectiveness of the clutch. Do you think he may have put in STP or something weird that caused the plates to slip too much?? I guess we'll see when I get it apart and cleaned up. The weather is getting too nice around here to be working on, instead of riding bikes....