1983 GS1100E - Starter Clutch Needs Love. Guidance?

[Joe H]

Joe, Paul Cashio builds a MEAN starter!! You need to weld the starter clutch & be done with it. It is harder to start when hot because everything is expanded & sealed up better. More compression hot than cold. Do you have a mechanical advancer? Do you have a Dyna 2000 with a start retard?
Call me at 714--356-784 five if you have questions or need help. I have been building these for a LONG time.
Ray.

I knew the starter clutch was bad last year and did the ignition mod hoping to prolong it?..a little help but its getting worse, just need to get it done.
I have a Dyna 2000, that helped a lot, I think the stock iggy box was goofy, a lot of pinging and hard starting, it fried eventually and left me stranded. I have been running the 2000 since. It was a brand new ignition Dyna had just came out with it when I bought it, cannot remember how many years ago that was???

Ray you sent me a pic a while back as to where you weld them so once its off the bike and inspected and such it will be welded.
Then I was thinking the starter could be weak, its 30 yrs old, it spins fine cold but hot ?. forget it!
The battery is a AGM and it holds a full charge, so thats not the problem.