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drdfblackm

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As it says above, I am officially begging for help. If there is anyone in the relative near vicinity to Flagstaff AZ.....I am in desparate need of help. I cannot figure this bike out. If there is anyone in Phoenix or within a feasible distance to Flagstaff and knows how to work on Bergs please let me know. I can no longer sink money into this bike and I am looking for someone to help me get this bike running. I am at the end of my rope and desparate for help. I will make it worth your while....dinner, beer, first born son....whatever it takes. I JUST WANT TO RIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Darrin
 
drdfblackm said:
As it says above, I am officially begging for help. If there is anyone in the relative near vicinity to Flagstaff AZ.....I am in desparate need of help. I cannot figure this bike out. If there is anyone in Phoenix or within a feasible distance to Flagstaff and knows how to work on Bergs please let me know. I can no longer sink money into this bike and I am looking for someone to help me get this bike running. I am at the end of my rope and desparate for help. I will make it worth your while....dinner, beer, first born son....whatever it takes. I JUST WANT TO RIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Darrin
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what needs to be figured out ?
 
RE: Re: I am officially on my hands and knees begging for he

Well the bike has spark but it is weak, it will fire and sputter but will not run. I just feel that there is some sorting that needs to be done, but at this point it is beyond me. I have spent a week trying to start the bike. I have checked the valves, carb is clean and is jet correctly, stator has been redone by Sparks.....I don't know what else I can do. Bike is an 02 FX 650, no electric start. Wiring is simple and I have triple checked it. I just don't know what to do anymore. And I feel I am going crazy with this bike. It did run.....it should still run.

Darrin
02 FX 650
 
if it has a weak spark then this would or could be the problem .

a weak spark under load is useless , it may be a suspect electrical component . if sparks has done the stator then the stator would not be the cause . so if you cant find anyone to help you , remove the coil - cdi - etc and get them tested .

have all the electrical components tested .
 
Double check that all the wires on the stator side and bike side of the white plgd in / connector are not loose in thier respective sides. I had that problem until I started wiglling all the wires and tugging on them in the connectors. Found some loose ones got pissed and cut all the stock connectors out and put on new ones from radio shack. Calm down, if the bike ran before it must be something over looked patience bro you will only make bad decisions when you are mad. Have you tried to contact Ned37 ? I believe he is at Montezuma Lake and is a top notch Husaberg guy, many years expierience try to send him a PM. If not and you want to come to Durango my brother and I can help you get it sorted just have no plans to be near Flag any time soon
Later
Ron
 
ya, thx for the kudos, ron :bash: top notch, huh?
drdfblackm, you shoulda bought my 400. :lol:
give us some history. when and why did this bike stop running? what has been done to it in the meantime?
timing is not good for me looking at it right now, since we got bombed by the monsoons yesterday and my yard is wiped out, requiring some immediate action. but i'm sure we can work it out.

ned
 
History is that I bought this bike for a very reasonable price from a guy in Prescott, the bike did run, when I got the bike to Flagstaff, it would not start very well. First thing was that the carb was jet for Vegas....where the guy had moved from. The carb is a FCR41. Second, when I drained the oil I saw very fine flecks of metal...nothing a magnet would pick up, but I paniced and pulled the top end. Well got everything back together, and then it still would not start. Took a look at the readings on the multimeter and saw that the stator was bad. So sent it to Sparks for reworking and received it back. The stator checks out, but I get a weak spark, I have checked all the wiring several times, (I don't have an e-start or lights). So last night I just about set the damn bike on fire. I was sooooo mad, I threw a couple of items of no valule to make myself feel better and now today I don't know what to do. I just would like someone else with more experience to take a look at the bike. I mean as I have said, I am not an *****....I can work on things....cars, motorcycles, teeth, etc....but I am not a Husaberg mechanic...hell I'm not even a motorcycle mechanic. I just can't figure this out and I am really getting too frustrated. This is supposed to be fun....and at this point it is anything but fun for me.

Darrin
02 FX 650
 
Have you tried disconnecting the orange wire from the coil ? This is the kill circuit wire and will eliminate a bad kill switch or it's associated wiring.

Try this first, and be sure to tape up the orange wire on the coil side when you disconnect it.
 
I have not even hooked up the kill switch, and the wire has an insulated plug on it....thought about that one already.
 
have you checked the spark plug cap for resistance? It should read 5K ohms.

join me in the chat room.
 
You said you had the head off, right?

I don't think it has anything to do with the electrics. I think you have got the valve timing one tooth out! I've done it too, once. Makes it massively hard to start and when it does it won't run.

Put the engine to top dead center on the compression stroke (make carefully sure it's right), take off the valve cover and take a photo of the camshaft gear as it sits when you take the cover off - let us have a look.

Hope this helps,
Simon
 
I agree with Simon, check that cam timing! It is very easy to get it off one tooth upon assembly, has to be double checked. Good luck!
 
I did not reassemble the top end. I did not have a way of having the timing chain put back together. A Husaberg dealer put it back together. I assume that it was done properly, but I don't know that for a fact.
 
You can at least remove the rocker cover and verify the position of the cam lobes with piston @TDC / Compression.

Dots on the cam gear must be aligned and the piston has to be right at TDC. The lobes have to be at 2 and 10 o'clock. Seen from the right side, your eye aligned with the cam shaft, they should look like Mickey Mouse ears.

I will post some photos on the subject pretty soon.
 
I am going to once over everything. Someone suggested that the gray wire on the coil needs to be grounded...I don't know, I don't have a hi/low circuit but they stated it should be grounded anyway. Quick question....can the rocker cover be removed while the engine is still in the bike, or do I need to pull the engine again? I am giong to check the coil resistance as well. Anything else I can look for or should look for? Anyone want to say a prayer for my sanity?
 

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