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

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Timing 13 txc310

Jon

Jon

Husqvarna
AA Class
I blew a head gasket so I'm taking the top end apart and replacing the head and base gaskets along with new piston rings(bike has 80hrs). I've looked in the manual and cant find anything about getting the timing set? any info would be appreciated, Thanks in advance.
 
The timing is fixed by a fixed magnetic pick up and those "spikes" on the flywheel.

It is not adjustable in the traditional sense. The reference is fixed and the advance is in the CDI programming.
 
Jon said:
How do you set the crank to top dead center when the cam chain is out.
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use a dial indicator... or even the old trick of a pencil in your spark plug hole (when the pencil stops going up, you're at TDC).

I take it that your head gasket was the source of the loss of coolant on your other thread from a month or two ago? (...good to know)

good luck.
 
ok, so there's no markings anywhere to indicate tdc? (on the clutch basket or stator somewhere?)

Yes, the head gasket seems to be the issue, there was a clear wash out you could see. So while its apart doing the base gasket as well. Also the cam timing gear bearings and shaft/axle as they showed some wear. The piston and cylinder looked good, but the rings need replacing to.
Just waiting on the rings as I have everything else ready to be put back together.
 
Jon said:
ok, so there's no markings anywhere to indicate tdc? (on the clutch basket or stator somewhere?)....
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I dunno... I haven't had my 310r apart yet. I just now looked at the shop manual and on pages 191 (H.43) and 195 (H.47) which show using a dial indicator for TDC (btw, they use the funky English/French spelling "centre") for installing the proper head gasket (for compression reasons, I assume) and when installing the cams.

You can certainly make your own mark... everybody does this at one point or another. You can make a pointer out of a piece of aluminum or welding rod for example.

You got the shop manual, right?
 
Yes have the shop manual. OK ya we saw the dual indicator being used we were just wondering if anyone knew of any other way.
 
Ok I am just an old wrench, use dial indicator, or pencil trick to get too TDC, then spray of crank gear and cam gears with brake clean, take a sharpie, or fingernail polish make your own marks- make a mark on crank gear and case, make mark on cam gears and head, I even sometimes make mark on cam lobe and cam caps, take a few pics. When you put together all marks should line up, and your timing is just like before tear down. P.S. do not clean off your own marks, makes you feel silly for putting them on there in first place, or so I heard. lol
 
Used the dial indicator to find TDC and marked, put everything back together and fired right up. Seems to be running good.
 
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