Just a little advice on balancer bearing

Hi there Dan,

You were just about to ask one of the most troublesome questions there is when it comes to the Husaberg engine and then I noticed you have a 400 - phew!

Luckily, the 400 saw very few counterbalancer bearing failures and therefore you have to worry a whole load less.

You are absolutely correct in that the bearing sees twice engine rpm but that shouldn't be a problem to you because I think you will rarely, if every see more that 8500rpm on your engine - that is going to be beyond your typical best power or torque for that engine.

In addition, your bearing is not going to be running "in" oil but only with a splash on it. I don't know what the specifications of the bearing are under those circumstances.

I would suggest that providing you aren't revving the **** off your engine and that you are careful with oil maintenance you shouldn't have a problem until a good few hours on the clock. After which time it'll be due for a tear down anyway. But that is my opinion, of course.

All the best,
Simon

as si says and don't panic! we haven't had a single 400 balancer bearing go west. the bearing carries less weight on it's back than the bigger engines BTW which must help. infact it teaches us that the revs aren't the problem perhaps but rather the load....

but that's grist to simon's mill!

regards

Taffy

Taffy said:

but that's grist to simon's mill!

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Eah?

If it's with the connotation I'm thinking, you haven't understood any of what I've been talking about :roll: :wink:

Simon

120 -150km is pretty good. Try leaning it out for more range but I think it will be difficult to get much more.