• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Austria - About 2014 & Newer
     FE = 4st Enduro & FC = 4st Cross

  • 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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FE/FC My subframe is coming apart - better check yours!

I saw the thread a while back as well. The earlier bergs had this happen but my 2014 fe 501 has nearly 200 hours and it's still good. I added a dab of silicone to fill the small gap to avoid getting mud into the airbox but I never actually got any in there prior. Wouldn't hurt to monitor the subframe from time to time though. I'm nearly 250 in riding gear and sit allot so you'd think mine would be jacked up if it was going to happen. It may just be a material quality control issue? Who knows.
 
I just had the subframe off my '15 TE125, when doing the 150 conversion and it looks fine. This is after a full season plus of racing and trail riding.
 
Brapman629 said:
Can you post a picture?
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I put a trouble light in the air box to shine through the gap, and photographed it from the rear of the bike. The gap is about 1/16" right now. I'm concerned that over time it will expand. Some of the pictures on the KTMtalk thread had a gap that looked like an inch or more.

Is it reasonable to expect this type of problem shouldn't occur on an $11K bike? I weigh 230lbs but I certainly am not riding this thing hard.
 
I had the exact same seam and for good measure used some black silicone to seal it. I have over 200 hours now and it hasn't changed and I ride this thing hard, so I'm not worried anymore. I have trashed aluminum sub frames before and this one seems to be durable IMHO.
 
reveille said:
I had the exact same seam and for good measure used some black silicone to seal it. I have over 200 hours now and it hasn't changed and I ride this thing hard, so I'm not worried anymore. I have trashed aluminum sub frames before and this one seems to be durable IMHO.
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What year and model of bike? FE501?
 
Dealer says there was a design change in 2016 where a screw was added to the left side piece of the subframe to strengthen it. Also found this video where a Husqvarna product manager talks about making it stronger in the 2015 models. (1 minute 39 second point)


So there is a gap between the parts, but it looks like they won't actually come apart on the newer bikes.
 
You need a well placed screw to hold it together and some black silicone RTV. Solved. Ride and enjoy your bike. You can seal the remaining seams inside the box for good measure. OR take it back to where you purchased your bike for the same general fix.
 
I think I'll try just the RTV and some duct tape for now. With these new design changes I think the subframe is stronger than it used to be and won't fly apart, so I just need to seal the gap to keep stuff out of the airbox.
 
2016 and up. My 15 came apart in the first 5 hours. Again, a small well placed screw, I used a rivot and black RTV... Perfect all seadon. Including 10 GNCC rounds and over 15 local hare scrambles plus countless hours of practicing...it's reall on that big of a deal in the grand scale of possible bike issues. They all have something or another you can easily improve sponsored.
 
The 2016 parts breakdown hasn't been released yet.

We need someone who actually owns a 2016 Husqvarna to post a picture of the underside of their rear fender well so we can figure out how to add a screw to the earlier models.
 
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