81 gs1100e, a top end rebuild story

[Big T]

Does this warrant a new thread?
Questions about clutch part wear…

anyways I took my clutch out and noticed the back side of my clutch hub/basket/gear looked pretty hurt. Not sure how clean the factory welding job on it was, but mine looks more like English manufacturing than Japanese manufacturing.. can anyone offer a second opinion? Is this worthy of service in the 83 motor?
Im curious about the welding and grinding. I don’t see any wear marks that indicate any rotational wear…

You should probably start a thread in the Projects forum

The clutch hubs are well known to come loose. The welds means someone has fixed that issue so, no, it's not factory.

The nut? Well, if you're not going to race the 1100 some blue Loctite and the stock nut should suffice

[CincinnatiKid]

I see, I was assuming that it was welded from the factory. It’s never given me trouble yet, so I will carry on with it as is.

And thanks, I think the OEM nut and the loctite will sort me out just fine. My days of pushing this bike to any type of limit are done. Probably.

If a moderator wants to move this thread, that’s fine with me. I probably don’t have the determination to continue updating at checkpoints. I’ll assemble the motor, put it back into the bike and hopefully it will be drama free.

[rphillips]

I don't think nobody's mentioned the locking washer for this nut, and don't know if yours still had one when you took it apart, it goes under the nut, then is "bent up against the flat edges" of the nut so it shouldn't be able to back off... "Proper torque", Loctite, locking washer, My opinion you should be good to go.

[CincinnatiKid]

Certainly. Every manual always specs to replace that folding lock washer upon disassembly across any bike I’ve ever wrenched. I’ve always reused them to no detriment.

thankfully, that past-service-limit lock washer was there, it was the only thing holding the nut from backing off completely. New ones are on order for the clutch and the front sprocket.