250 Primary gear alignment

Had to replace the clutch in my 82-CR250, slipping. Things looked ugly when I got in there. As I was tearing it down I noticed the crank gear and the clutch gear were not in perfect alignment. Removing clutch I found the kicker gear on the back of the clutch worn to a knife edge on the outer 1/2, towards the trans. side. Thought no biggie have a spare out of the other 250 I'm building the 500 out of- It was exactly the same-nice....
The patch, I wont say perfect fix. Took clutch gear to lathe and took off .040 which is the same thickness as the washer between hub and basket. This put gears in perfect alignment and will move kicker gear in better alignment with idler.Upon reassembly I then used another spare washer to take up the .040 so the hub was even with the snap ring groove. Used later idler hub-post? out of my dead 87 and that moved kicker idler even closer to full engagement on clutch gear. Checked everything with gear marking and looked great. Like I said this is a patch but should live along time. If you have a 250 you can easily see if the primary gears are in alignment by looking in the oil fill hole. My 84-WR250 looks good but both of my 82-CR250's were the same. While I was tinkering around and didn't have a clutch cover gasket I also milled off .020 off of the kicker gear thickness so I could just use anerobic sealer instead of a gasket. To help with lube to the kicker bearing which seems to fail I milled two side lube grooves, like a con rod has to help with lube being it is kind of shielded by the kicker assy.- cant hurt! Sorry I dont have any pics, my camera takes lousy close ups- big blur.