hi there on my 1985 43f the kickstart shaft has up and down play .also the kickstarter cracked on the swivel , when i bought the bike about a year ago the kickstarter was good ,but i dont know about the shaft i had no reason to check it. the reason it all went bad is i had no decompresser cable fitted ,so the extra effort to kick it up defenatly broke the kickstarter . i know have a cable fitted and have welded the crack up , so my advice is always have the decompresser cable fitted and adjusted . my thoughts are the kickstarter and shaft and caseing are not up to the job with out a cable fitted . so the legendary xt do,s seem to have a few flaws, but this is my fault, a new kicker is 75 pounds (outch) , and about 35 on ebay but how wobbly are these , good luck with sorting it take care zigzag
