• 2 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     WR = 2st Enduro & CR = 2st Cross

  • 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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!

250-500cc Hard thump going into first

If your going to use motor oil make sure it's JASO rated. Some oil (even the cheap stuff) has gas saving additives that will make your clutch slip. I use Rotella 15w-40 and have also used Mobile Delvac.
 
do the steps above to free up your plates. use atf or supertech oil from walmart for your flushes.dont use type f it causes plates to stick slighty.cheap is correct but when plates are free go back good oil. dont let any one talk you out of spectro 80w it is the best oil that ihave tested with husky mech on the track.pv duke is correct the oil is way to expensive for this procedure. make sure you adj inner clutch after you free up plates. all this is why your bike clunks into gear, if you want cheaper oil when things are freed up dont use automotive oil it will burn up clutches eventually.use mobil 1300 oil you wont get the false neutrals as with other oils.good luck
 
I have a similar low hour 1999 125, I just took the clutch apart and pulled the plates apart, then reassembled with all the sharp edges on the steels facing out. Run your finger across the edge, about half of mine were backwards. The way they punch them out it leaves one rounded edge and one sharp. Also inspect for notches in the basket fingers while in there.

Diesel or ATF oil in the trans. ATF works great IMO, I even use the cheapo wallymart stuff.
 
99wr250 yes.old3 you can run atf its just to thin.if it is colder and you ride easy you can get away with it.atf is ok for the clutches but not gearbox.i was fortunate to test with factory rider and mech and we tested and tried about every oil and combo out there. iwas shocked as to the myths vs what actually works. i also found out that some of the new friction plates used today atf wont work at all. thankfully huskys will. if it working keep using lot cheaper.old3 good advice take clutch apart inspecct put back together
 
I started running Amsoil synthetic ATF in my gearbox on my EXC530 and it was fantastic. The son's 2t KTMs followed ASAP. Eventually we tried the nameless brand by the gallon, same difference. Everything from 125SX to a 250 and 380SX, all ridden hard in heat and deep sand. So far so good, been a few years of racing. If we are out of it they get Rotella T, but the KTMs don't seem to care either way.
 
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