83 GS1100E clutch won't disengage even with plates removed

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I spent a lot of time this past Sunday looking at/working on this.

This thread(This forum) really saved my weekend trying to get my clutch updated/installed on a 1983 GS1100E.

I had a good used clutch from a pre 83 TSCC 16V 1100 but exactly as described here when I installed it into my 1983 the hub went frozen solid on the drum when the big nut was tightened down.
Me and my father had the vernier calipers out and were measuring everything,...we though everything, trying to figure what was not working. For whatever fluky reason we kept using the 1983 Sleeve for the multiple trial fits.

There was a lot of head scratching.

Exactly as described here,...the pre 1983 hub/drum sleeve is about 50 thou wider and in effect spaces the hub away from the face of the clutch drum enough to allow for free rotation.

WoooHooo,...*bows down* for the GS Resources forum.

Agreed. I ended up buying a few different sizes of the shim so I do have a couple left if anyone needs one and it is the right size. It feels great to defeat one of the gremlins.

[niclpnut]

The shim set up and way to measure are shown in the supplement section of theach manual near the end. If I remember right its year/model specific in the supplement section.

Nic