850 kickstart bush movement normal?

Hi all. Am tearing down the gearbox of my '73 Mk II 850 for a 30,000 mile inspection and happened to notice that the steel kickstart bush in the inner cover moves. It rotates tightly but smoothly in the seat as if it's riding on a film of oil, and the bush also moves laterally in the seat a bit, quessing .010 - .020". Is this normal? I assumed the bush would be seated tightly in the bore. I do not know what layshaft bearing I have yet, or whether that makes a difference to this issue. I do know the gearbox was serviced by the prior owner at approximately 15,000 miles. Thx in advance.

It should be a tight fit. Sounds like the outer cover bore is worn. A good degrease and some thin loctite will help but theres a lot of pressure on that area when jumping on the kickstart...

Keith1069 said:

It should be a tight fit. Sounds like the outer cover bore is worn. A good degrease and some thin loctite will help but theres a lot of pressure on that area when jumping on the kickstart...

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Kickstart shaft is snug in both steel bushes. The outer cover bush is tight. I'll knock out the inner cover steel bush and lock tite it .