Found starter problem, have a few ?????

[woodman]

Took the rotor cover off and the rotor was still on there by 1 thread on the bolt. Everything looks Ok, I had bought the bike off a friend after it sat 9 years in the garage. It ran when he laid it up. My questions is can I put this back together Ok with Locktite? I read the post on locking the rotor. It doesnt make sense to me that Suzuki didnt put a key in the end of the crank to help hold the rotor on. This is a 17000 mile 1 owner 1980 Gs1100e that was never abused at all. It doesnt appear to have hurt the crank or anyhting else, The starter just quit working while I was trying to get it started after going thru the carbs. Starter was fine the rotor was spinning. What is the torque on the rotor nut ?

[Big T]

There's a free manual at BassCliff's site that tells you to torque to 115 -123 ft-lb

As for procedure and locktiting, Search for starter clutch and Ray has given us his knowledge of how to reassemble the rotor.

Don't forget to have a washer on each side of the idler gear before you slip the cover back on

[woodman]

I appreciate the help but theres 11 pages under that search. Am I looking for a post with the name Ray on it ? Do you know the title of the post ? Thanks very much for your help, these motors are new to me, I mostly worked on the K word bikes

[Dave8338]

Locktite the threads and put it back together. As for the specific Locktite color...RED or Blue will work.