Sorry for the Swedish slant on this site, but most fans of Euro Iron have a Husky or two secretly stashed away.
Any chance someone has a '79-'82 250 Husky parts motor with a decent crank that can be scavenged? Have an '81 250WR with a broken off crank-end on the magneto side. Some yay-hoo with no idea of the reverse thread apparently put a big impact wrench on the nut and twisted the thread end off (not me, honest). A bad crank that can have the right side stub robbed out of it would be great.
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Jon McLean
Lake Grove, OR
You might check withy Forest Stahl, I was told yesterday that he might have some Husky parts, or Jake Fischer might even have some NOS parts stashed away. Mike
Michael R. Winter
I enjoy rebuilding and appreciating Pentons!
1974 250 HS Pentons-1980 KTM 175-400'S
1975 Can Am 175 TNT & 77 250 Black Widow
1979 Husqvarna OR250
1976-78 RM & 77-79 PE Suzuki's
1974 CR250M 07 CR125R & CR150R
Jon
The right stub can be drilled and tapped. I've never done it but I've herd its been done.
Contact Forest at 765-284-7653, he has tons of Husky's and inventory. He used to be a Husky/Penton dealer in the late 60's. You won't find anyone else better than Forest when it comes to vintage Husky;)
And he is awesome at rebuilding cranks too!
Donny Smith
Paragould, AR
Thanks for the tips. I'll definitely give Forest Stahl a call and see what comes of it. I looked at drilling and tapping the stub end with our local vintage engine guru Charlie Brown. He said the hardened crank is super hard to get a tap into, and drilled ends are prone to cracking and failing. Would be a simple cheap fix if it would work though.
I did the drilling and tapping mod on a broken crank some years back. The mainshaft stub wasn't too hard to tap. This was on a ex Swedish army 350. The reason I did it was because a) I was skint (no money) and b) you couldn't buy spare parts. If they're available buy a new stub and rebuild the crank.
John Collard