I put one washer under the crank bolt under the PTO coupler. It brought the bolt head closer to the driveshaft bumper. Probably wasn't needed if grease is used to push the driveshaft back.
I put a washer under the flywheel bolt to take up some slack, installed new carbon seal kit from OSD with new bellows and clamp, and new PTO side bellows. The cavation went away. Someone on another forum said the driveshaft endplay is normal.
I'm having problems with cavation on my recently bought 1999 GSX-L. The preload on the carbon ring bellows was very low, about 1/8 inch.
The drive shaft slides forward and back 5/16 of an inch with the new end bumpers on the ends of the driveshaft.
Is this endplay normal or should the...