Joined Jul 2005
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Högsby, Sweden
The following applies to ´01 thru´03 engines:
I was surprised to see how taut my new cam chain was when mounted, so I checked around. I had been handed a ´05 tension arm 800.36.002.100 and not the one Taffy speaks of in the Doc (800.36.002.000 ´04). Just got off the phone with Husaberg Scandinavia with some good info:
The chain being tight and hard to mount is normal... it will loosen somewhat during break-in. This surprised me.
The ´05 arm is an upgrade to the ´04 model which proved to be too weak and had a tendency to straighten over time. (Same problem as the old one ´03 and earlier I can tell you....) The ´05 arm is beefier and the one to use.
I´m a little less confused now.
I was surprised to see how taut my new cam chain was when mounted, so I checked around. I had been handed a ´05 tension arm 800.36.002.100 and not the one Taffy speaks of in the Doc (800.36.002.000 ´04). Just got off the phone with Husaberg Scandinavia with some good info:
The chain being tight and hard to mount is normal... it will loosen somewhat during break-in. This surprised me.
The ´05 arm is an upgrade to the ´04 model which proved to be too weak and had a tendency to straighten over time. (Same problem as the old one ´03 and earlier I can tell you....) The ´05 arm is beefier and the one to use.
I´m a little less confused now.
