• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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So while doing an oil change...

mnb

mnb

Husqvarna
Pro Class
...on my 2011 TE310, I fired up the engine for a minute or two to warm up the oil a little. Some smoke came up from the engine, so I investigated. Some rubber heat shrink/insulator type thing was stuck on a tang that sticks out from one of the exhaust manifold bolts. This tang is clearly bolted on there on purpose.

The insulator was loose and contacting the exhaust pipe, which caused it to start melting. I removed the insulator.

However, this piece of metal sits firmly between the exhaust pipe and a coolant hose. It contacts, or comes close enough that it will on occasion, the coolant hose and I'm concerned it will cause it to melt.

Here is a picture peering in from the right side of the bike:
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I did bend it slightly to help it avoid contact. I'm thinking of shoving some aluminum foil in there to dissipate the heat.

Anyways, is this supposed to be there like that? What was that 1.5" long insulator for? There is no wiring around for it to protect from shorting out.

I'm very tempted to bend that slotted tab back so instead of parallel to the bike's direction of travel that it's perpendicular, which would prevent it from contacting the coolant hose pretty much.

Any ideas, thoughts or suggestions?
 
I have that metal tab on mine and it is to keep the coolant hose from touching the pipe. On mine, the hose sits on the tab and it does not transfer enough heat to melt the hose. Now i'm not sure about this insulator.
 
I don't trust that tab not to melt through over time. The insulator might have just been a cover on it. But it was touching the exhaust pipe and melting enough to smoke.
 
You need to rotate the tab so that the hose sits on the flat side of the metal flange, not on the side of it. Mu 2012 te310 is set up that way. The only purpose if this flange is to prevent the coolant hose from touching the header pipe.
 
Rizzkid said:
You need to rotate the tab so that the hose sits on the flat side of the metal flange, not on the side of it. Mu 2012 te310 is set up that way. The only purpose if this flange is to prevent the coolant hose from touching the header pipe.
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That's the way it came... And if it was horizontal (parallel to the ground), more surface would contact the hose, meaning more transferred heat.

A small crumpled wad of aluminum is sounding better than this bogus Italian hack... Something tells me the parts manual and workshop manual won't give me a good pic of what's going on there, but I'll check.
 
Listen to Rizzkid ! 100% Correct.

Your "Insulator" was a piece of heat shrink tube over the metal to stop it rubbing on the Hose.
 
The attaching bolt has never been loosened since purchase, so I know it came that way. Of course, that wouldn't be the first case of a factory fuck up that I've seen on a bike before...

It certainly provides better support in the flat position. And the heat shrink makes sense then, too.

Thanks, folks! :)
 
Be very wary of it rubbing through also, not sure if anyone has had it happen yet. I have had so many items wear through on my TE just from contacting another surface - heaps of insulation on wiring, brake line, airbox etc. You especially dont want to lose your coolant in the middle of a ride!
 
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I would rotate it flat and stick a piece of fuel hose over it for a heat dissipator. Most injection fuel hose it rated above 400 Deg. F
 
A friend has a 2011 TE310 as well and he also confirmed that the bracket should be flat (parallel to the ground). As befits someone with the nickname, Bugmagnet, I am the anomaly. No big, this is easy enough to fix.
 
Been this way since new. It does have some kind of rubber looking insulation on it. I don't like it but haven't come up with anything better and haven't suffered any failures......yet.
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That's odd... definitely a custom bend. Perhaps the dealer thought it was better than the original design? :excuseme:
 
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