Husaberg FE570 water pump seal replacement and weep hole mod
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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2024
- There are two seals for your Husaberg's water pump shaft: one for coolant and one for engine oil. There is a space between them along with a hole, so if either seal leaks, the fluid will exit the engine to warn you. When Husaberg turned the engine at its funky angle, they never changed the weep hole, so it points straight forward into oncoming dirt. The mod addresses this issue to prevent junk from entering the seal area and damaging them, while maintaining weep hole function.
I'm at 480hrs and 13k+ miles on my 2010 570 and no issues with the water pump or clutch so far, (hope I'm not tempting fate here!) 😂. Just done another valve check and they're still in spec from the adjustment at around 200hrs. GREAT bikes these!👍
Nice! I’ve heard they’re solid. Sounds like all of my GSXRs 👌
Good thing about this design is the fluids can’t mix if the seals go so keep running it
Thanks for sharing. I'll eventually have to do mine.
Hey, thanks a lot, this is a very helpful video! One correction: not all, but one screw of the clutch cover - at 3 o'clock - has to be loosened to remove the engine side cover. And a question: do you lubricate the shaft of the water pump drive before plugging it back into the new seals? With engine oil, or rather silicon grease?
Fair point. I did say I wouldn’t take the small access cover off and would take all the perimeter bolts out, but I didn’t specify one of the clutch cover’s bolts (3 o’clock) does go through to hold the main cover.
At 15:10 I mentioned adding some lube, then specified at 15:33. I believe I did a very light film of silicone grease when pressing the seals, and a light bit of oil on the shaft when going through.
Hope that helps!
Thanks or the video, and filming while you worked. I have an '11 FE570 that I need to tackle this on soon. I already have the water pump kit from KTM with all the seals and parts, but I was wondering where you were able to source a new side cover gasket? Right now my My plan is to make a gasket out of a fel-pro fiber sheet, but an OEM one would make me feel better.
I believe I got everything from my local KTM dealer. The Husaberg shares many parts with them. If you don’t have a local dealer I’m sure they’d ship you one. Oemcycles on eBay has a bunch of kits, so they might have something too. Good luck!
Following up on the repair for anyone researching this: I replaced the seals and impeller, reusing the old shaft. There were some visible shiny grooves where the seals were riding. I decided to chance it. The repair held for about 500 miles before the weep started again. I took it apart again, replacing the shaft this time, with new seals. Every part needed was available at my local KTM dealer.
Ah that sucks, but at least now she’s all good!