DR 350 Primary gear woes

[Steelejeep]

Whenever I was riding my 1996 DR 350 it made a bit of a scraping sound. The sound would go away when I engaged the clutch. I heard lot's of theories and such and finally tore it apart last night. The primary gear assembly (Do hickey that holds the clutch plates and is geared on the opposite side) has bad spots on it. In four places it looks chewed up. ?

I can't find any extra metal crud in the engine. When I am looking at parts there are two part number choices for my bike (Plain old 96' DR 350). Any ideas how to choose the correct part number? Any ideas where to get used parts?

Thanks for your time

[johnsand]

I have alwayes used Ebay, www.ronayers.com, or www.bikebandit.com.

At Ron Ayers you can call them and ask questions about specific parts as you look at the scematic, which I feel is nice.

After that IF (I stress IF) you know what you want try ebay. Becareful. I have bought a lot on ebay before......never been taken advantage of, but sometimes pictures just look better than real life.