Your post motivated me to tear into my starter. I found that my drive gear that engaged into the starter motor was bored off center. This caused the outer cage that's pushed against the drive gear to wobble and drag against the small inner cage that extends out when the starter spins. I luckily spotted it when I was spinning the shaft in my hand. I'm a machinist by trade, so I chucked the gear up and bored it on center, then reinstalled it onto the shaft with some shim stock. I rode the bike on Saturday and the starter worked flawlessly. I was just curious if you still had your old parts and if so does the gear that engages the starter spin true? I attached an image to help clarify what I was trying to convey(crap, just realized I misspelled outer in the image and I'm too lazy to fix it!).
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