• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st 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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!

OEM Fan

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HuskyD

Husqvarna
B Class
I have been having continued problems with overheating and I have done all of the mods suggested on this and other forums. The last thing is to install a fan. Well the fans have been on back order for a very long time.

I finally got a fan from MotoXotica, thanks Dan! It is a fan for 2008 models, but it appears to bolt right up for my 2005 TE 510. I noticed the manufacturer label on the fan and did quick search. Here is the link to the fan direct from the manufacturer:

http://www.spalusa.com/store/main.aspx?p=itemdetail&item=30103009

So if you need a fan and it is back ordered here is another source! Just my opinion here, be sure and try are great dealerships first before going to another source.
 
wow! good find-

I agree- a fan should be your last resort on a bike without one...

So do people generally leave fans on the husky's- TEs? or do they take them off for weight savings/ if they arent' running they actually do block a little flow through the rads don't they? If they run alot they can really drain the battery and on some of the new FI bikes I would think that would be a concern...
 
I had overheating issues on my 07 510 until I put the fan on. Jetting was spot on and did all the other suggestions. My guess is I use the clutch more then others, but a lot of my riding is slow technical stuff so that's my excuse. I only had the issues on the slow stuff. No issues since I installed the fan. Mine is on a manual switch so I only use it when I think I need to.
 
CKPC;20724 said:
I had overheating issues on my 07 510 until I put the fan on. Jetting was spot on and did all the other suggestions. My guess is I use the clutch more then others, but a lot of my riding is slow technical stuff so that's my excuse. I only had the issues on the slow stuff. No issues since I installed the fan. Mine is on a manual switch so I only use it when I think I need to.
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I have a trail tech with the temp gauge and I will be installing a manual switch as well.
 
Don't know about other year models, but my fan is thermostat controlled from the factory. Can't see it blocking much airflow when not turning and it has NEVER boiled over while riding in thick woods single track or in deep sand at speed. Might weigh 1/2 lb. with wiring and bracket as a guess. Watched many a KTM get hot in the tight stuff if traffic is slow....
 
08 TE450
I have had mine come on twice in 2400 miles. The first time it was one of them real hot days in the So. Cal. Desert, the second time it was in a technical trail in the mountains (another hot day) slow going and didn't get the air movement it needed. Other than that I think the weight is too insignificant to worry about. I used to be a weight weenie when I mountain biked, now that there is a motor for compensation, what’s the worry. I’ll keep the fan for security, and would add one if my bike ran hot and didn’t come with one. With the FI bikes that have both Kick and electric start, there is no problem of a dead battery.
 
I just got the fan installed and it fits perfect with a Clarke tank! I will be wiring it up tomorrow. I'm going to run it off the stator so I will use a rectifier to convert AC to DC. I worried about running the battery down and kick starting the 510 can be done, but you have to have just right.

Here is a link to a similar conversion, all be it a KTM.

http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=665694
 
HUSKYnXJnWI;20713 said:
wow! good find-

I agree- a fan should be your last resort on a bike without one...

So do people generally leave fans on the husky's- TEs? or do they take them off for weight savings/ if they arent' running they actually do block a little flow through the rads don't they? If they run alot they can really drain the battery and on some of the new FI bikes I would think that would be a concern...
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I can't believe anyone would remove a fan to save a few ounces. Also, that tiny electric motor will draw a lot less power than the headlight that is on all day so I don't see draining the battery as a problem either.

A much bigger concern is boiling over and losing coolant. Once you have had that happen you'll never think about getting rid of the fan. Options like watter wetter, evans and high pressure radiator caps will help prevent losing coolant, but they don't help the bike to run cooler. Cooling fan = good idea.

NC
 
If anyone decides they need to remove their fan for weight savings, I'd be glad to install it on my TE for a little cooler running in the tight stuff.
 
Just bought a "Spal" fan off eBay...

Can anyone tell me what temp their thermosatic switch operates at...??
 
NumberCruncher;21477 said:
I can't believe anyone would remove a fan to save a few ounces. Also, that tiny electric motor will draw a lot less power than the headlight that is on all day so I don't see draining the battery as a problem either.

A much bigger concern is boiling over and losing coolant. Once you have had that happen you'll never think about getting rid of the fan. Options like watter wetter, evans and high pressure radiator caps will help prevent losing coolant, but they don't help the bike to run cooler. Cooling fan = good idea.

NC
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Just tryen to learn about them on Husky's- everythings different on every bike- I am getting a new Husky and wanted to know what you guys were generally doing- in my experiece with my non Husky bikes: a fan has not been a necessity- sometimes its a matter of knowing the bike, proper setup and maintenence- many ktm owners fail in that area in my experience on the trail- guys have boiled in front of me- my ktm has not overheated or boiled- no magic chemicals/ no fan- On my DRZ, the fan is heavy (many ounces), and draws alot of power (apparently)- 1 time in a swamp, I did not overheat but fan did drain the battery- coupled with some restarts- bike died- and I couldn't restart- no kicker- had to push that thing through the rest of the section- that got me in better shape! In situations like that - I now like to have an Off switch for unnecesary lights and such- I left the fan on- but installed an off switch for the lights- solution- but the fan does not come on more than a few times per year-

So if the husky fan is low draw and low weight- I guess its a non issue-
I will leave it on- wondered what others did and if the battery did drain if the bike would still start with EFI- mainly because I would want to do what I can to prevent that situation too.
Thanks:thumbsup:
 
HUSKYnXJnWI;21667 said:
Just tryen to learn about them on Husky's- everythings different on every bike- I am getting a new Husky and wanted to know what you guys were generally doing- in my experiece with my non Husky bikes: a fan has not been a necessity- sometimes its a matter of knowing the bike, proper setup and maintenence- many ktm owners fail in that area in my experience on the trail- guys have boiled in front of me- my ktm has not overheated or boiled- no magic chemicals/ no fan- On my DRZ, the fan is heavy (many ounces), and draws alot of power (apparently)- 1 time in a swamp, I did not overheat but fan did drain the battery- coupled with some restarts- bike died- and I couldn't restart- no kicker- had to push that thing through the rest of the section- that got me in better shape! In situations like that - I now like to have an Off switch for unnecesary lights and such- I left the fan on- but installed an off switch for the lights- solution- but the fan does not come on more than a few times per year-

So if the husky fan is low draw and low weight- I guess its a non issue-
I will leave it on- wondered what others did and if the battery did drain if the bike would still start with EFI- mainly because I would want to do what I can to prevent that situation too.
Thanks:thumbsup:
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Gotcha. I didn't mean to sound so harsh. IMO, the Husky radiators are not excessively large so any additional cooling is welcome.

NC
 
I have three mounting posts broken or cracked on my OEM fan. Is the one from "SPAL" any better design as far as the mounting post are concerned?
 
Strips of sheet steel bolted to the rear hub and front mount will fix the broken mounting posts. It works a lot better if done before too many of the plastic posts are broken but I've fixed fans where they were all gone and it still works better than original.
 

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Here's another way to fix broken mounts, this fix has lasted 3 years:

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