• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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    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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Who Would You Have Rebuild Your Air Cooled Husky Bottom End?

Good to hear,Does he know all the upgrades and revisions to do to a 1st year 430?

I have heard the 82 and 83 where more refined than my 81
 
I'm sure that if there are/were any upgrades that he will know what they are, I wouldn't be surprised if he was the one who developed the upgrades.
 
If I was going to give it to someone instead of me doing the work I'd give it to uptite. My current husky which was my fathers race bike back in the day had the motor built by uptite (performance wise) such as reporting, custom exhaust, extrude honed, changes to the head, etc etc. From hearing how professional they where from talking to my dad and seeing the quality of work I'd have uptite husky do it out of anyone else out there.

But in the end, it's your call to make. Just remember that you get what you pay for.
 
If either Uptite or Rick don't float your boat, i've got a friend in NJ, who works on all my Huskys. Rebuilt my 81 430CR, top
to bottom, also my 74 125WR & 86 510 4-t, also works on almost all Vintage MX'r
Husky John
 
As I might be in the same Boat, any Idea what they get labor wise to go threw a bottom end ?? Are replacement Parts going to be new or used?? I have a spare bottom end that could be used for parts and probably has all the same parts worn out.
 
1982 XC 430 said:
As I might be in the same Boat, any Idea what they get labor wise to go threw a bottom end ?? Are replacement Parts going to be new or used?? I have a spare bottom end that could be used for parts and probably has all the same parts worn out.
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I have only talked to Horvat so far and he said $100 in labor to tear down and inspect.And that is sending it to him sans head,cylinder,clutch and ignition.
 
I used Fletcher at Fletcher's Cycle Servie in Memphis to go through my 87 WR430 about 2 years ago and he did a great job, knows Huskies very well, bike only needed new mains and a ring after a LOT of enduroes, still running original bore. He should have a web page up and running at Fletcherscycle.com. He was very fair on price and fast which is why I could not use Vintage Husky which was my first choice but I needed to ride sooner. I believe the shop is a Husky dealer too big all the machine shop to support the place. Tell him Greg from Atl sent you!
 
Called Uptite this AM and they quated me $500-550 in Labor to tear it down and reasemble. Then its a matter of what Parts it may need and where he would have to go to get them. He only uses new parts and they may need to come from diffrent sourses so its kinda hard to get a turn around time. However in the five minutes I talked to them I was sure under the impression that they knew what they were dealing with.
 
As far as rebuild parts goes, any bearing period on the bike can be ordered at a local bearing shop. ALL manufacturers of anything use standard size bearings, nothing too special. Or you can order them from www.husqvarna-parts.com

Any other things such as crank seals, pistons, rings, rods, gaskets, etc etc can be aquired @ http://www.husqvarna-parts.com/page/page/3736875.htm

Only thing that's very hard to find it tranny gears but I think HVAfactory has some if you need them.
 
'87 500XC said:
As far as rebuild parts goes, any bearing period on the bike can be ordered at a local bearing shop. ALL manufacturers of anything use standard size bearings, nothing too special. Or you can order them from www.husqvarna-parts.com

Any other things such as crank seals, pistons, rings, rods, gaskets, etc etc can be aquired @ http://www.husqvarna-parts.com/page/page/3736875.htm

Only thing that's very hard to find it tranny gears but I think HVAfactory has some if you need them.
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Yes, it is true that bearings come in std. sizes and are available anywhere but they dont come in std. quality. When you buy bearings you need to know who the manufacturer is and what abec# is suitable for their intended use. Another issue that there are a lot of conterfiet bearings out their right now that have been repackaged buy the distributer or outright conterfeited buy a third world manufacturer. The best advise is to know the quality fo the bearing that you need and buy only from a reputable dealer.
 
SKF and FAG bearings are some of the top quality ones out there.

If you don't feel comfortable going to a bearing distributor and ordering bearings for your intended use the link is right there for the ones you need. Most times a bearing distributor will give you better pricing (such as rae bearing or bearing distributors in new haven CT) I go there for some items. To order the correct ones from a distributor you should be more mechanically inclined (which you most likely are if you have a motor torn down and you're rebuilding it) to make sure you order the proper bearing for the intended use.
 
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