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I asked the tech at my dealer about tolerance for the cush drive rubber and he said to go check a new model on the showroom floor. So I did and it had zero play, just like mine did up until about 30,000 miles.

Now I'm no engineer, but it seems to me that you shouldn't have any play with the cush drive rubber. If you do, when your torque kicks in with a start off the line at say...a stop sign or green light, then your sprocket is going to lurch forward a bit putting pressure on the links in your chain when the sprocket teeth rotate(FWIW, I could feel it slip a little when my cush drive rubber started to get some play in it). IMO that can lead to excessive/premature chain wear, and the same to your sprocket teeth.

So to me it seems like one of those pay me now or pay me later things. You can buy a new cush drive rubber, and get the appropriate life from your chain and sprockets, or you can put it off, which means you'll be changing out all of it sooner.

Of course I could be wrong about all of this...wouldn't be the first time. Any experts out there care to chime in?



Interesting, makes sense. What does the replacement cost and a part application if you have one.

Al