engine balancer weight failure

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Eagle Mike: "You can replace the multi-piece balancer weights of the early model with the laterunit parts." Thanks for the info, Mike. Wish I had known of this option when ordering my parts; the cost would have been the same, I'd have gotten a sprocket for free and wouldn't have to wrestle the rollers/springs into place. The cost of the upgraded balance weight and sprocket is roughly the same as I paid for the old-style balancer/springs/rollers - without the sprocket. If you needed the sprocket, which I didn't, the new parts are a $35 savings - who'd a thought parts prices decline? 2000: shows a choice of either a balancer and sprocket combo with no rods or springs; or buying each part including the rods and springs separately. 2007 & 2008: balancer weight and sprocket must be purchased together, and there are no springs/rods. No option to purchase separate parts. Interestingly, the deduction here is that Kawasaki decided there was no need for the additional complexity of the shock-absorbing springs in this application. As an aside, what Kawasaki calls "rollers" are more like locating pins, in that the "rollers" do not roll, as in needle bearings. Glenn