sounds like a need to buy a bigger air compressor and an impact gun AND a lathe!
... I did realize there is a lot of flex between the basket and the gear plate...
Yes a basket moving like that would need those Cush springs behind the basket changed. I just replaced my cush springs and they are solid. Before I changed them I could move the basket like that too but after changing, no damn way on this planet could I get that basket to move. However, that concerns me a bit As I think about what force then would those springs need to receive to budge them. I measured 1 mm between each ring of the new springs (installed) with a total of 5 mm of movement to absorb some of that initial torque. Is that enough you think? It does not seem so to me. The original Cush springs I pulled out had more space between each ring of the springs and they were already compressed beyond their usefullness. The Cush spring set I used was the XS performance set. Total length of the new XS performance springs was 26mm. These were 1mm diameter larger also . The fit with the retainer plate on was tight. I do have a set of Heidens Cush springs. They are the same length, 26mm, but the same diameter as the originals I removed.Yup, that's bad. Shouldn't be able to flex it with human power...