• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

WR 400 -86

you can fix that water pump cavity with 2 part epoxy/ JB weld. ive done a bunch with no issues.
 
I have now decided to try JB Weld :) Just started to get rid of the oxidation. I will at the same time change the seal that I just bought. Yesterday I took of the Öhlins shock absorber and now the spring will be repainted.
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I have now fixed the waterpump problem with JB Weld. It worked very well. I have replaced all the radiator hoses as well. Have also filled in new oil and glycol.
I also got the the repainted exhaust system back that a friend of mine had repainted. He had also repainted the Öhlins shock absorber spring. Looked very good
 
Make sure you seal any any broken gloss on JB weld repair with epoxy overcoat. If you sand JB Weld, it will absorb oil and coolant.
 
The last month i have done the last things in my bike for 2017. Wheels and spokes have been cleanad. The old seat cover have been replaced. Was lucky to buy a very fine tank that only had to be cleaned and some new stickers put on. So now the bike is ready for next season. In the meanwhile I will ride my 420AE in the snow with skis.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to att Husky lovers.
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P-A Calmhede said:
The last month i have done the last things in my bike for 2017. Wheels and spokes have been cleanad. The old seat cover have been replaced. Was lucky to buy a very fine tank that only had to be cleaned and some new stickers put on. So now the bike is ready for next season. In the meanwhile I will ride my 420AE in the snow with skis.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to att Husky lovers.
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looking good
is that some kind of cover on the tank?
 
How do you change a tyre with frozen air:rolleyes: (thats the last smart arse comment on this post....:D)... id love to have a blast on the husky ski mobile, looks like a ton of fun. how good would it be on a ski run??
 
its amazing how good a bike will go using studded tires..the front tire often gets so much traction your arms hurt a bit. hardpack or ice yields nice power wheelies....
 
P-A Calmhede said:
Now I have mounted the exhaust system and a new air filter. I have also mounted the repainted Öhlins shock absorber. It looks very good. I have to adjust the shock absorber later. Still some refurbish to do with the wheels and spokes.
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Hi P-A ! Is there a chance (when you have a moment free) to take one of your super clear pictures of the way you have the lower radiator hoses connected. I know all hoses are same diameter and connected by a Jubilee Clip once in place. For some reason my lower ones (which has one longer piece of rubber hose) dont seem to line up nice. I assume the hose has to sneak underneath the exhaust port/muffler but not sure if it sits outside frame down tube or inside? Much appreciated and thanks, Regards Alistair
 
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