• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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speedometer/odometer water resistant?

alkrisma

alkrisma

Husqvarna
B Class
Re: 2009 TE's
Are the Husky speedometer/odometers water resistant? If not is the any mod out there to aid it?
 
The speedo's on the 09/10 huskies are crap! i'm on my third, first one got water in it.
Now my Husky dealer pulls the speedos apart, runs a bead of silicone around the join in the housing and puts them back together, which seems to solve the problem.
The water issue is more from washing the bike with a pressure washer and hitting the speedo directly with the water rather than riding in the rain, so now i dont hit the speedo with the pressure washer.
 
310huskyTE;90449 said:
The speedo's on the 09/10 huskies are crap! i'm on my third, first one got water in it.
Now my Husky dealer pulls the speedos apart, runs a bead of silicone around the join in the housing and puts them back together, which seems to solve the problem.
The water issue is more from washing the bike with a pressure washer and hitting the speedo directly with the water rather than riding in the rain, so now i dont hit the speedo with the pressure washer.
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do you recommend that I should seperate and seal the unit?
 
You may as well seal up the unit....

In my opinion, pressure washers should be strictly verboten when it comes to washing motorcycles. There are about 15-20 things that can easily get damaged or compromised by a stream of high pressure water. I see the issue popping up on forums all the time; damaged chains, bearings, graphics, electrical/electronics etc., etc......
The Husky manual even touches on this issue, recommending against power washers.

Use a garden hose with household water pressure and it'll save lots of $$ and frustration.
 
Slowpoke;90507 said:
Use a garden hose with household water pressure and it'll save lots of $$ and frustration.
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I agree. Is the Husky instrument display safe to hit with a garden hose? Safe to sit in the rain?
 
Slowpoke;90507 said:
You may as well seal up the unit....

In my opinion, pressure washers should be strictly verboten when it comes to washing motorcycles. There are about 15-20 things that can easily get damaged or compromised by a stream of high pressure water. I see the issue popping up on forums all the time; damaged chains, bearings, graphics, electrical/electronics etc., etc......
The Husky manual even touches on this issue, recommending against power washers.

Use a garden hose with household water pressure and it'll save lots of $$ and frustration.
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I do agree that you need to be very carefull with the pressure washers when washing your bike, i always stand well back and only hit the plastics close up.
We in Melbourne Australia dont really have the luxury of using the garden hose to wash bikes as we have pretty strict water restrictions, and pressure washers use a lot less water than a garden hose
I've never had any issue whatsoever with a Yamaha or KTM speedo, but the Husky ones are pretty ordinary when it comes to being waterproof and functioning as they should.
 
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