• 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.

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Fix for rusty Femsa magneto cam?

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Bill Orth

Husqvarna
A Class
I just started working on an MJ 250WR and found that dampness had gotten into the magneto cover. Everything steel is pretty rusty, but salvageable. The inner cam surface of the flywheel had some serious rust spots that have left significant pitting. I know this would ruin the points rubbing block quickly, so am thinking of a solution. Has anyone tried fixing this condition by putting a light film of JB Weld on the rubbing surface and then sanding it back down to metal, so the JB fills in the pits? Or any other ideas? Thanks for the collective wisdom on the site!
 
I think a epoxy will work fine if the damage isnt that bad, just make sure that its clean befor you fill it. If it isnt clean, it will not stick for most of the time.
Used epoxy's as filler, not on this tho. But it works great if you do it right.
 
The epoxy is somewhat denser than JB Weld. But for your application you may want something like liquid steel as epoxy may still wear down somewhat fast
 
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