Timing marks

I have searched the archives for a picture but can't find anything.
Does someone have a pic in their gallery they could share?

I adjusted my valves on Sunday and I don't know if it's just me but I couldn't see any marks.

Thanks

I didn't think there was any marks, besides with only the valve adjust covers off where could you see any marks? did you use the pencil or zip tie dropped in the cylinder method to find TDC?

I need to check my valves....I tried once but could not move the piston using 1st gear and rear wheel, got spooked with no owners manual instructions and gave up..........how did you move the piston? spark plug out and 5th gear and rotate rear wheel? or use kick starter?

did your valves need adjusting? what were the measured clearnaces or did you measure them at all or just adjust?

if I can measure 0.004" then I'm happy no need to adjust. I'm gonna try again soon

I took the right side cover off and turned the engine with a spanner, with the plug out of course.
Since I have never seen it done and my feeler gauges only go down to .006 I did the 1/8 turn out from all the way in. My intakes were about the same but the exhausts were about a 1/2 turn out.

On the bikes with the Kokusan stator, you can check for TDC by pulling the ignition cover and lining up the pick up on the flywheel with the leading edge of the pulse generator. There is a great picture of it in the engine repair manual that can be downloaded from here or from Husaberg's site. With the ignition cover off, you can use a 17mm socket/driver on the flywheel nut to turn over the engine over to precisely get to the correct TDC.

Valves are adjusted when they are closed, on the compression stroke, so make sure you have the correct TDC.

FYI, mine were very slightly tight at 12 hours. Also, the correct spec is .005 or .12 mm.

Kelso, to use the turn method, you would want to use 1/6 instead of 1/8 to get the correct clearance.

i had a post last month and several guys said the tolerance is 0.004" My owners manual does not say.......... WTF? if valve adjust is so important how come Husaberg manual does not state the clearance?

Edited to remove an erroneous statement.

I use a dial indicator through the spark plug hole to find piston TDC. You can use wood skewer to find it also with some practice. On the 04 and 05 models, you can use a Locating Screw, part number 580.30.080.000, which screws into the front of the crank case. There is a small slot machined onto the crankshaft that the end of the Locating Screw fits into to hold the engine at top dead center. You can also remove the flywheel cover and follow the procedure Johnf3 describes in a previous post.

You have to remove the spark plug anyway to turn the engine over and have the piston stay where you want it.

There are 2 ways I use to turn the engine over to find top dead center. One is to remove the flywheel cover and turn the engine over with a socket or a spanner as Johnf3 did, the other is to put the bike on a stand in 6th gear, and use the rear wheel to turn the engine over.

The early models have marks on the fly wheel and the stator that you can use by looking through the inspection port on the flywheel cover. The 04 and 05 do not have any specific marks, but you can align the flywheel pulsing magnet to the pulsing coil per Johnf3's previous post to get near top dead center. Some guys make a mark on the engine case and on the flywheel once they have ACCURATELY found top dead center. This provides a handy reference for future Use.

So there, you now know how to find TDC! Just make sure you are on the compression stroke. You can tell that by observing the exhaust valves move about 1mm about 30 degrees before TDC as the automatic compression release actuates.

Make sure you use a torque wrench on the valve screw lock nuts.

Follow the instructions on page E5 and E7 of the Repair Manual, the Locating Screw is in the tool section of your Parts Manual

Hope this helps,

This post was edited to remove an erroneous statement about the absence of timing marks on the 04-05 bergs.

Joe

Thanks for the tips lads. I did actually make a mark so I can find it easier next time.
The inside of the magnito cover was just full of dirt, aherm....
must look into that I suppose.

Not sure why Joe says there are no marks to get to to TDC on the new engines. The engine manual on page E7 illustrates by photograph the procedure I relate in my earlier post.

This is an easy way to check TDC wothout resorting to sticking anything down into your engine.

On page C1 of the repair manual it states the clearance as .12