• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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Front Wheel Bearing Removal

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BraggCreekDean

Husqvarna
Hello all. I am restoring a 1982 430 XC. It had a broken kickstart idler gear and was parked in a barn for 20 years. Overall condition is very nice. I wish to replace the wheel bearings and I am a little stumped by the bearing retainer on the front wheel. Is it supposed to pull straight out with the bearing or is it threaded? So far my blind puller has not removed it and PC124465.JPG I don't want to pound on the back of the bearing un-necessarily hard. Thank you.IMG_3815[1].JPG
 
Well. I couldn't wait any longer. I heated the hub with a torch and pulled the bearing locator cap with a blind puller. It was very tight, but it came out. The bearing was too tight to pull, so I pounded it out from the back. Nothing damaged. Now I can blast and powder coat the hub. Cheers.
 
Wow Dean awesome to see you are near me. Would of thought it would be under a ton of snow out there at this time of year.
What do you normally ride? Have you ever seen me at Mcleans being there every Saturday lol?
How long have you had this 430, i sold mine in the early 90s, a 82 430 XC and i know there were many, but i still believe it would be a runner still as i left it mint when i let it go.

My 430 on the right at Waiparous in the 80s


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That's an awesome pic of the Husky's in Waiparous! You must be pretty hard core to ride one of these monsters in the bush. We were up there last weekend and there was only about 2-4" of snow. My regular ride is a '17 Husky 300TE. A great bush bike. I just finished building an IT465 for the ice, but Ghost won't be frozen over for another month. I'll PM you and we can chat some more. Here's a pic of the front hub with the bearing and retainer pulled out. No idea what the 2 roll pins are for.
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wrx said:
yeah what DFA said.
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Wish I knew that when I replaced the bearings on my XC. Took a lot of effort and I was sure something was going to break pounding them out. I ending up doing the same thing with some trepidation.
 
sharp edged long round punch in thru 1 bearing to the other side, push the centre spacer enough to get an edge on the bearing and tap away rotating 180 degrees every few taps
 
dont forget to slip the plastic seal of the new bearing and repacking them with waterproof grease:thumbsup:..use the old bearing as a driver to knock the new ones in...shimples
 
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