« Reply #24 on: August 12, 2014, 05:19:55 am »
weld her on and ride the rest of the year, make it a winter project. what do you have to lose. you'll end up replacing the shaft and seal anyhow.
that's what I would do. The Honda XR650L has a bad habit of eating countershaft splines and there are a LOT of instances of guys just welding them on and riding until it wears out then doing the rebuild.
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