• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

  • Hi everyone,

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83 swinging arm bearings

Wildebeest90210

Wildebeest90210

Husqvarna
AA Class
I'm putting in an order for quite a few bearings next week. Quoted the numbers from the swing arm needle rollers and my supplier said they are specific to the manufacturer and Husquvarna and they can't get them. Is this so? I know HVA UK do them but I was hoping to get them in on my discount order.
 
You can get them from www.husqvarna-parts.com as well as replacement o-rings(you need4).

I have also seen complete sets on eBay but you won't save enough money not to build a good relationship with a top Husqvarna supplier
 
Those type of things can get a bit frustrating. At least in your case you can use longer ones as there is a space between them isn't there. Years ago when I had the numbers looked up I was told that would have been a special order the factory made with the bearing manufacturer. It is just one of the shorter of it's type but with just one seal (sort of captive o ring) instead of none or two which would be in the catalog. Or maybe it was just a little longr version of a standard one to make room for the little seal, can't remember. When Cagiva (I guess MV and all the other stuff on the packaging as well) was in control of things they had suspention linkage and swingarm bearings which were not the same as the origionals. I would just caution that a bearing with two seals has the shortest rollers followed by one with one seal followed by one with no seals. Then there is the cage or no cage but more rollers. Some of the 85-86 linkage bearings I have taken apart had a strange cage with two rollers side by side then a space like normal then two more. I even think the hardened thing those bearings for the 83 rides on and the swingarm bolt goes through was the same as a piston wristpin off something else just shorter. I never cut one down and used it.
 
Thanks for that. I think I will just bite the bullet and pay for the kit. HVA factory UK do one complete.
West virgina, I am still truly amazed at the world wide web !
 
Wildebeest90210 said:
Thanks for that. I think I will just bite the bullet and pay for the kit. HVA factory UK do one complete.
West virgina, I am still truly amazed at the world wide web !
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WB,

I tried to get bearings for the '82 430 from my local bearing supplier and came up with the same answer you got. I ended up paying Andy at HVA....at least he's a nice guy and turn around was really quick.
 
This i my bike i ride on in sweden.And here are a webbsite we have in sweden about vintage motocross. Tjosan gert
 

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