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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
Magnificent 7
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Husqvarna
justintendo
klotz super techniplate junkie
looking pretty good!
dartyppyt
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Here is lil something to throw your way if you are on a budget.
You know those expense lil shock spacers or hard to find ones that hold orings or the actual counter sunk washer?
So I went to Bolt motorcycle hardware and got these bushings off Yamaha.
You will have to drill them 15/32 to slide over shock studs. You get 10 for $6.60.
Enough for one pair shocks on bike.
Then you need 14mm id x 4mm thick orings. Those are cheap.
Then go to Pit Stop USA and get bag of 10, 1 1/4 inch by 1/4 inch counter sunk aluminum washers. Bag of 10 is $7.94
You will 6 per pair shocks.
You know those expense lil shock spacers or hard to find ones that hold orings or the actual counter sunk washer?
So I went to Bolt motorcycle hardware and got these bushings off Yamaha.
You will have to drill them 15/32 to slide over shock studs. You get 10 for $6.60.
Enough for one pair shocks on bike.
Then you need 14mm id x 4mm thick orings. Those are cheap.
Then go to Pit Stop USA and get bag of 10, 1 1/4 inch by 1/4 inch counter sunk aluminum washers. Bag of 10 is $7.94
You will 6 per pair shocks.
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dartyppyt
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Here is how to install them on bottom portion of shock.
Drill one counter sunk washer 15/32 and install with counter sunk direction towards swing arm.
Take one of Yamaha bushings drilled 15/32 and install with oring facing shock eyelet.
Push shock on. Then put oring in shock eyelet. Of course your gonna pack shock eyelet full of grease.
Then push on 2nd Yamaha bushing drilled 15/32. Lip to hold oring goes in towards eye.
Then take another counter sunk Pit Stop washer and side that is counter sunk. Just barely use the 15/32 drill to more less flatten the countersunk part to accept a 6mm washer and 6mm bolt.
There you go! Looks like original for cheap fix!
Here is pic that shows how to install with out shock.
Then one with shock eye .
Drill one counter sunk washer 15/32 and install with counter sunk direction towards swing arm.
Take one of Yamaha bushings drilled 15/32 and install with oring facing shock eyelet.
Push shock on. Then put oring in shock eyelet. Of course your gonna pack shock eyelet full of grease.
Then push on 2nd Yamaha bushing drilled 15/32. Lip to hold oring goes in towards eye.
Then take another counter sunk Pit Stop washer and side that is counter sunk. Just barely use the 15/32 drill to more less flatten the countersunk part to accept a 6mm washer and 6mm bolt.
There you go! Looks like original for cheap fix!
Here is pic that shows how to install with out shock.
Then one with shock eye .
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dartyppyt
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Top shock mount is almost the same.
Pit Stop Countersunk washer drilled 15/32 and it goes inward.
Install two yamaha bushings drilled 15/32 with the 14mm I'd x4mm orings.
Then just use a stainless steel fender washer with 1/4 hole in it about size of your stock one.
On the side plate side you can use a Bolt Hardware bushing with 6mm hole for your side plate.
Pit Stop Countersunk washer drilled 15/32 and it goes inward.
Install two yamaha bushings drilled 15/32 with the 14mm I'd x4mm orings.
Then just use a stainless steel fender washer with 1/4 hole in it about size of your stock one.
On the side plate side you can use a Bolt Hardware bushing with 6mm hole for your side plate.
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dartyppyt
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Here is little trick I learned on these old forks. Amazing how you start remembering stuff from years ago.
I always took my spring out of the new seals. You can tell where the ends of spring are and a small tapered end screws in clockwise into the larger end. I always unscrewed the spring counter clockwise to seperate them. I cut about 3-4 rows off that big end of spring with sharp pair of scissors and then thread small end back into the big end. Then install spring back into seal. I marked it on this spring in black where ends meet.
Also, here is my seal driver made out of 1 1/2 PVC pipe. I put masking tape around it for a good level even cut. Then file ends to remove and burs and sharp edges. 12inch one was not enough to get seal down. So cut another at 16 inches and that gave be enough to get seal in.
I always took my spring out of the new seals. You can tell where the ends of spring are and a small tapered end screws in clockwise into the larger end. I always unscrewed the spring counter clockwise to seperate them. I cut about 3-4 rows off that big end of spring with sharp pair of scissors and then thread small end back into the big end. Then install spring back into seal. I marked it on this spring in black where ends meet.
Also, here is my seal driver made out of 1 1/2 PVC pipe. I put masking tape around it for a good level even cut. Then file ends to remove and burs and sharp edges. 12inch one was not enough to get seal down. So cut another at 16 inches and that gave be enough to get seal in.
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dartyppyt
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Here in pic is picture of both ends of seal spring after seperate. End on left is smaller than end on right. The bigger end is one I cut 3 coils off of end. Then screw the small end back into it. Gives the seal just lil more tension. So if you have any forks weeping this is good trick to try. I just do it automatically.
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oldbikedude
Husqvarna
Pro Class
You just can't leave things alone can you. I wish I had half the motivation you have....lol Great tips, keep em coming. 
justintendo
klotz super techniplate junkie
i use the pvc as well...it works great
dartyppyt
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Well, I get doing something and then I remember stuff from back then.You just can't leave things alone can you. I wish I had half the motivation you have....lol Great tips, keep em coming.
I like doing these but sometimes I need a break from them. It is the lil piddly stuff that drives me nuts. Shall I say the lil time consuming stuff. Plus, I got to have a hole in my head for doing 6 all together, darn near all at same time.
If I work on these 3 too much then other 3 get jealous and start banging bars in shop. I tell them all the time how lucky they are, from not being melted down to make Razor blades!
justintendo
klotz super techniplate junkie
some razor blades do seem to last longer than others..
oldbikedude
Husqvarna
Pro Class
They are looking sharp!
dartyppyt
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Probably what I need to do is make a list of good places to get everything cheaper or crossover stuff?
See, since I'm doing 6 I got to make ever buck count.
Also, I know that I need to to get some bins soon. Cause I'm buying stuff that I stumble on to, that I already have purchased.
Another thing I'm gonna do when get done is stock up on some extra stuff. Bolts, nuts, them double row crank bearings, tank straps, etc.....
See, since I'm doing 6 I got to make ever buck count.
Also, I know that I need to to get some bins soon. Cause I'm buying stuff that I stumble on to, that I already have purchased.
Another thing I'm gonna do when get done is stock up on some extra stuff. Bolts, nuts, them double row crank bearings, tank straps, etc.....
Also, I know that I need to to get some bins soon. Cause I'm buying stuff that I stumble on to, that I already have purchased.
Boy that's the truth, I get new Husky stuff, go to put it away, then find, I already squirrelled way the same parts month/years ago LOL
Good tips on alternate hardware, bikes are looking awesome
Boy that's the truth, I get new Husky stuff, go to put it away, then find, I already squirrelled way the same parts month/years ago LOL
Good tips on alternate hardware, bikes are looking awesome
dartyppyt
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Got two of these bin cabinets for $14 ea at home improvement store. I got a long way to go getting all my new bike hardware into these. This is a start but will need more:
I'm marking them what trays with contents, like front motor mount bolts, size, length and where I order them from.
This will be a big help cause I found tons of blue nylon loc nuts didn't know I had. Plus I keep buying stuff. I put one piece of the old part I'm replacing in there just as a reference, plus any old stuff still good for temp fix. Like a rusted tensioner spring. I replaced it with new but if it ever breaks, I have one for spare. Plus once I'm done. I'm gonna stock the bins in case stuff is or comes unavailable.
I have tons of stuff that I cross over.
I'm marking them what trays with contents, like front motor mount bolts, size, length and where I order them from.
This will be a big help cause I found tons of blue nylon loc nuts didn't know I had. Plus I keep buying stuff. I put one piece of the old part I'm replacing in there just as a reference, plus any old stuff still good for temp fix. Like a rusted tensioner spring. I replaced it with new but if it ever breaks, I have one for spare. Plus once I'm done. I'm gonna stock the bins in case stuff is or comes unavailable.
I have tons of stuff that I cross over.
