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Hi everyone,
As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.
When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.
Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.
Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.
Thanks for your patience and support!
clutch plate question
- Thread starter Wolf
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OlderHuskyRider
Husqvarna
Pro Class
sharpie1
Husqvarna
AA Class
I use Honda CRF friction discs with no problem in my 09 TE 450, drive plates will not work though, should be the same as 2010 TE450.
OlderHuskyRider
Husqvarna
Pro Class
That would be, say, a 2009 Honda CRF450, friction clutch plates?
(dang, bikebandit.com does not list having any clutch plates for any CRF 450
sharpie1
Husqvarna
AA Class
I think you want 08 CRF450, those are what worked for me, I am running a Rekluse but it uses "stock" frictions.
sharpie1
Husqvarna
AA Class
I really don't think so.
Since you have to order it anyway why not just order the correct plates from a Husky dealer? I would bet that Halls 217-789-0107, Motoxotica (707) 446-4282, or Bills (503) 585-1153 would have them. Why waste time trying to fit something that may cross fit when you can order the exact replacement just as easily.
OlderHuskyRider
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Since I posted the bikebandit thing, I'll post my rationale:
I wanted to see the price for the plates, I went to bikebandit because that's where I research OEM pricing for parts. IF I would have seen $80 for Honda friction plates and my research showed $200 for Husky friction plates, I tend to want to maximize my dollars. Also, if the bike bandit price is good, the Honda price might be good as well, and the local Honda dealer might have them in stock, which is something I would want to know in case of an emergency clutch failure. Ordering Husky parts sometimes means 2 weeks until delivery.
IF the Honda plates were no cheaper than the Husky plates, of course, I would order from Bryon at Bill's, whom I have ordered 100s of dollars of parts from over the past 18 months, love those guys, they really go the extra mile, Bill sold me a used water pump shaft for a great price and it was a better piece than my used shaft.
In conclusion, if I can save major dollars OR have the knowledge that a part can be sourced locally, it's not a waste of my time to at least do the research to obtain the knowledge.
Totally understandable. I think we are all about maximizing our dollars. I was making the assumption that there was no local honda or yamaha dealer that had the plates in stock and so no matter what the part would have to be ordered.
Its all good. I get your desire to know what parts might cross reference in a pinch should you be up a certain creek with no husky parts nearby.
sharpie1
Husqvarna
AA Class
I'm running Rekluses in both my bikes, last time I ordered Husky clutches they where $200 for a set of discs and plates, I only need the frictions with my clutches. $200 for a set of frictions is robbery IMO. Honda frictions can be had for around $40 like mentioned above and are readily available. I really do try to support Husky dealers the best I can but $160 difference is huge, thats $160 I could buy 7602 stuff with.
OlderHuskyRider
Husqvarna
Pro Class
. Honda frictions can be had for around $40 like mentioned above and are readily available. .
I think you were referring to my post, which I have edited, I only used the $40 number as an example. cheapcycleparts.com has 8 friction plates for a 2008 Honda CRF450R for $82.
$82 versus $200 , I'm getting the Honda product.
OlderHuskyRider
Husqvarna
Pro Class
OEM Husky plates come as a set, friction AND steel, cannot buy frictions alone
$143
Thank You!!!
OlderHuskyRider
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Wolf, remember, no one has said that these plates fit a 250, I kinda hijacked your thread and it got off on the big block motors. Sorry
OlderHuskyRider
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Just ordered a set of cheap EBC plates for $60, I will mic the plates when they get here and publish the measurements, compared to the stock 450/510 plates.
