JoeUSA said:
I have an 00 FE501E with 385 hours on it and a 04 550.
At 272 hours, 7400 miles, the right side case on the 00 cracked and I tore it down to repair it. The Husaberg tech that looked at my parts said my Freewheel clutch mechanism looked brand new and was perfectly clean, He said normally they are full of metal chips and sludge from the owners not changing oil properly.
I change my oil HOT after each days ride. Thats the reason why my clutch looked so good.
Are you the original owner? If not, how many hours or how old was it when you purchased it. Do you know how frequently the previous owner changed the oil? How often do you change your oil? Do you change it hot? About how many hours are on the Berg?
I ask these questions because you need to split the cases to replace the clutch. Thats a costly step if you take it to a shop. If the clutch turns the engine over O.K. but it just seems to E-start start hard your freewheel clutch is probably O.K. You said it seemed to kick easier with the starter removed so I suspect your freewheel has some junk in it.
If your valve clearance is set properly, and your carb. needle jet and needle are not worn too badly (less than 100 hours ) and your idle mixture and speed is set properly the E-start should start it in less than 3 seconds. Mine fires on the 1st or 2nd turn of the crank when warmed up. From cold you need to use the choke and kick it through slowly 3-4 times and they it should E-start right up.
Now, lets talk about your ignition stator. If it is starting to short out internally, it will also be producing a lower voltage spark., which first makes it harder to E-start. Kick starting the engine spins the crank faster than the E-starter does, so you won't notice this as soon in the failure process if kick starting it, but it will soon get to the point where the E-start won't start it anymore and the kick start barely does start it.
Many of us have had the stator fail, myself included 3 times. I finally had Sparks rewind mine and the bike runs better than it ever had before.
Give us some answers to the above questions, and maybe we can help you.
Regards,
Joe
Hi
Thanks for the help, i try to answer questions best as i can.
I'm not the original owner, i buyed it recently.. i think i'm 5th owner. I'm not sure about hours driven before, but last owner made 1400eur engine service at 2005 and he said that he had no time to drive. :roll: Almost everything replaced inside the engine, exept tranny and balancer stuff. I have as proof a servicebill.
Bike is also in very good shape.
Ofcourse i changed the engine oil & filter and set valve clearance etc. stuff when i got the bike. Exept i changed the engine oil when engine was cold, also noticed that there were very small metal particles on microfilter / oil pump filter. Oil was black and looked like a car black metallic paint
With e-start my berg fires up at cold and warm, but not so good as kickstarter. Idling is alot harder with it, i'm quite sure that starter spins with engine. I just used it few minutes when i saw the problem, so e-starter gear bearings are still good condition.
I think the idle mixture is quite ok, it's set to manufacturers specs and works fine. Starts with kickstarter first or second at cold with choke and hot often at first try. Setup are 190 main, 35 pilot, 45 choke, K35 needle and circlip at 3rd pos. Carb slide was also very good condition, almost new.
What comes to stator, i notised light rush on metal surfaces, i sand them off and covered metal pieces with water resistant vaseline and WD40. Battery charging output are about 13.5v at rpms. How much that sparks rewind would cost? I'm not sure is it original stator from '00, maybe someone changed it too.
So.. i should try to change the oil twice or three times in row when engine is hot and maybe open the e-starter gear cover and shake the counter gear just before oil draining? Sounds very resonable that metal stuff jammed the free clutch.
Also engine pulls great and are very silent, no odd mechanical noises or something else.
1L oil capacity and people cant change them regulary, so easy and fast operation. =)
Thanks a lot, i will post the oil change results!
