• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

  • 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.

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frozen head stem bearings

suprize

suprize

Husqvarna
Pro Class
got a head set that's badly notched. problem is I cant get the top bearing out!:mad: . they are tapered rollers and its stuck fast. ive soaked it in Inox, wailed at it with a block of redgum and a hammer and heated it up with a heat gun. No budging.:confused:

Any suggestions?
my next plan is top weld a sleeve over the top part of the stem onto t he inner race and then weld a nut on a plate onto that so I can pull the race out off the stem.

cheers
 
suprize said:
got a head set that's badly notched. problem is I cant get the top bearing out!:mad: . they are tapered rollers and its stuck fast. ive soaked it in Inox, wailed at it with a block of redgum and a hammer and heated it up with a heat gun. No budging.:confused:

Any suggestions?
my next plan is top weld a sleeve over the top part of the stem onto t he inner race and then weld a nut on a plate onto that so I can pull the race out off the stem.

cheers
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It isn't clear too me what all is stuck
Did you get the stem out of the head stock?
Did you get the roller bearing (cone) out of the outer race (cup)?
Is the outer race(s) the problem?
 
my stem was stuck in my upper bearing pretty good...had to pound it out with a block of wood and a deadblow hammer
 
Sounds like top taper is stuck on the stem, only thing I can suggest is to run a bead on the top then give a it a big hit as before, the weld should give you enough heat to part them.
 
Its the top bearing inner race stuck to the head tube. I welded a sleeve to the bearing and put a stilsons on it but the weld broke out of the bearing race. after some pressure! so still no further forward. might have to try and get some of the rollers out and try to crack the inner race. what a pain....:mad:
 
I will be back in oz next Saturday if it all goes bad I can send through my unused triples at no charge just replace when you get a chance.
 
This is in a moto villa, not a husky but thanks for the offer.
progress is slow but I have managed to cut the cage and remove a few rollers and I will buy a carbide cutter and grind a slot out of the inner race so I can crack it and get it out. what a nitemare.
 
Eventually solved this with a 1/2 inch thick bit of alloy plate and f*king big hammer. there was a small ridge in the tube that was bloody tite on the race. I have linished it down so the new bearing is a tap on job. all is good again!
 
nice work...this always turns into one of those things that gets really jacked but now its fixed right!...im sure youve seen many bikes that fell into the wrong hands...
 
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