• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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Kick shaft bushing

B

Bryll

Husqvarna
AA Class
Another Swedish Husky nerd called me and asked if I could put up a question for him, here at the forum.
He don't like to write in English, so I'll give it a try.

He'd like to make a bushing for the kick shaft, to get an old clutch cover in working condition again.
So the question is, what's the inner diameter for such a bushing?
(He'd prefer the dia in mm)

Thanks in advance.
 
get him to measure the outside diameter of the shaft he has and use that measurement for the id of the bush and test fit.i would recommend brass bush 2mm wall thickness heat the case in a oven to 180 celsius and test fit the bush into the case if the original shaft hole is oval he needs to make sure the new bore is on the same axis as the original.
 
The 87-88 covrers seem to have steel inserts at the kick start and shifter. They also have an extra bolt over say prior to 86 or so to keep the cover from cracking in the area of the rear locating pin. For what it is worth I see a bushing in there on auto bikes as well.
I did that on one bike. Mount the cover to the vertical mill bridgeport kind. Center up over the hole.
Using the boring attachment cut as little as possible because there isn't much material once you clear the thickness of the outer cover part. Make or have made prior a bushing pretty close and push it in with the down force of the mill and a suitable round driver. Machine with the boring head and boring bar the inside of the bushing (which will be squished smaller than it was prior) to what you want or just go no go fit with the piece. In conclusion I could measure one (the shaft) but I am not sure you need to ask what to make it beforehand. Mine was thin probably just thick enough so it didn't crumple pushing it in, I don't recall how thin but boring out 2 mm is unrealistic without adding more material to the cover, you will see. I think I started with a solid piece of bearing bronze often called oil light bronze six inches long is about the smallest one can order and fits into a lathe easy. Perhaps one can get a hollow rod to start with but drilling out the center is a small task compared to the whole.

Fran

added later.
I did it on an 1983 what would be 250,430,500 standard shift the above might need adjusting if other than that type of cover and kick starting pieces.

A jig bore machine would work great didn't have to be a milling machine.
 
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