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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

Reminder... Grease your swingarm/linkage bearings. AKA Jake's random thoughts...

jmetteer

jmetteer

Husqvarna
Pro Class
As part of the prep of the new bike I pulled apart the swingarm and linkage to make sure they had a nice coating of good grease. The swingarm and linkage both had a light coating of white lithium grease that didn't look too bad. The lower shock bearing was all but dry.

This was how it came apart, I didn't wipe it out or anything.
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Much better.:thumbsup:
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One other thing I noticed was dry was the rear brake pivot.

Later,
 
Adding weight already huh :D

I'm surprised, mine was pretty well greased. Don't you love how EZ it is to pull the linkage :thumbsup: Do the steering head bearing periodically or things can get bad quick. The sealing system kinda sux.
 
I always have to break something...

this time it was the master link... Any time I have installed a master link I have always taken the side plate and pulled it back up against the clip using a flat screwdriver. I have done this for years and never lost a clip, I hope that doesn't change any time soon.

This time I popped the head of the master link off...
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After I broke the one side I checked the other, it popped right off too. It seemed very brittle. :excuseme:

Luckily I had a new spare link (Primary Drive) that measured the same as the stocker so I put it in. No problems on that one. :applause:

Later,
 
Motosportz;8019 said:
I have found the stock husky chains very long lasting. 1000-1500 miles no problem.
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I consider that long lasting for a tire, but not for a chain.:) Ken
 
Motosportz;8015 said:
Don't you love how EZ it is to pull the linkage :thumbsup: Do the steering head bearing periodically or things can get bad quick. The sealing system kinda sux.
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This bike is very easy to work on in general. :thumbsup:

I was going to do the steering bearings before the first ride, but I may wait a bit for that one.

It is so dang nice nice to look at...

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Later,
 
Motosportz;8019 said:
I have found the stock husky chains very long lasting. 1000-1500 miles no problem.
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That is about all I am used to, that should be plenty.:thumbsup: When you pack them with mud all winter long it is hard to complain about chain life.

Later,
 
Joliet;8025 said:
Luckily we don't have anything down here that is hard on our chains:busted::eek:.
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:lol::applause: Great photo!

I took my 610 apart about a week or so after I got it and it was surprisingly well-prepped. The only other bike I've ever had that was so well-prepped was a GasGas. The Japanese bikes get torn down almost before they get started for the first time...



WoodsChick
 
jmetteer;8021 said:
This bike is very easy to work on in general. :thumbsup:

I was going to do the steering bearings before the first ride, but I may wait a bit for that one.

It is so dang nice nice to look at...

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Later,
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Good lawd-a-mighty, you ain't kiddin'!

That is one purty motor:thumbsup:



WoodsChick
 
....these get more worked than anything...

Donna forgetta ta pakca the wheelie bearings/seals anda slimea da axles..... mama-mia! (wif w/p Bel-Rey grease)

:D

:cheers:
 
pvduke;8119 said:
Donna forgetta ta pakca the wheelie bearings/seals anda slimea da axles..... mama-mia! (wif w/p Bel-Rey grease)

:D

:cheers:
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Yep I greased the rear wheel bearings and axle while I had it apart to mount the trials tire. :thumbsup:

You have to remove the dust seals and use a pick to get the seal out of the bearing. I use a plastic syringe packed with grease for a clean application. On one side of the rear there is a snap ring that has to come out also.

My tub of belray is always handy for axles but I have been using some synthetic grease from Schafer for bearings.


Later,
 
Joliet;8025 said:
Luckily we don't have anything down here that is hard on our chains:busted::eek:.
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Sand is bad when bathing the chain in it but falls off fairly quickly if you are not a fan of sticky lubes...

This was my first race on my WR, it was a slop fest.:banghead:

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GoFaster;8123 said:
Most Wheel Bears are sealed, are they not?
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From dust? Barely.

Ya gotta pack yer lip seals and slime the axle with water-proof grease- or after a few creek-crossings.......:eek: yer gonna wish ya did!
 
jmetteer;8130 said:
Sand is bad when bathing the chain in it but falls off fairly quickly if you are not a fan of sticky lubes...

This was my first race on my WR, it was a slop fest.:banghead:

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Later,
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Eddieville or Washougal?
 
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