How necessary do you think this is ? The DRZs don't have them (well, the Japanese market SMs do). If they sold the SM630s without them . . . Choices are the uber-expensive Eagle hub/wheel whether Rad or Woody's builds it for ~$1000. Or . . . use a 2000-2003ish TE610 hub and build your own. My application . . . remote riding (Siberia, Mongolia).
or buy a cush rear sprocket and get fresh dampners at every sprocket change. with our cush clutch I think this should be sufficient. I priced out the older TE610 cush rear hub assy once and parts cost came to around $400 IIRC. http://www.kushsprockets.com/products/husqvarna-te-tc-sm-txc-etc-rear-dampening-sprocket Long term reliability for the Kush is not fully known yet but reviews thus far are promising. It will be my next sprocket unless some bad news gets published before I purchase. _
I've got a Kush sprocket, it's shows some wear and tear on the poly inserts, but none have gone missing yet... It definitely smoothed things out, and should help with gearbox life.
My vote is for a new cush hub (TE 610). It allows more gearing options, the choice of DirtTricks sprockets (ridiculously long-lived), eliminates any worries about obsolescence or discontinuance by KushSprockets and . . . there's no doubt it works. It's not REALLY that more expensive, either. ~400 for a wheel built vs $100 for just (kush)sprocket that may or may not be durable.
Why worry about obsolescence? If they do you just move on to next option. Nothing to replenish, if you wear out the sprocket teeth you buy another just like any other sprocket. $400 was parts cost only so add labor and possibly shipping to get it laced and trued. With cush hub you also have reoccuring costs for dampner replacements. $100 Kush sprocket cost is probably about the same if not less than a DirtTricks sprocket so no extra cost. Worth a try I think especially since not 100% needed for our bike. If our bikes didn't have the cush clutch I'd probably go for the cush hub though. _
Some of the Husky cush hub parts haven't been available for years. Used Husky hub assemblies are extremely rare.
I will be opting for Woodys reinforced Rad cush hub in the near future. The 630 is worth making it last and last.
Agreed. It's a great bike and worth the investment, for sure. Riding the KushSprocket thru lots of water crossings/mud . . . not something that seems sensible.
I agree but the Canadian dollar and shipping costs are making this option unlikely for me. Now if I could find something in B.C. !
I saw a thread mentionning that the KTM 640 cush hub/wheel is a straight fit - just need to change the bearings. Anyone tried that and can confirm?
That information was likely coming from me. I haven't done that exactly and the person to confer with is Zach at woodys wheel works. The logic goes like this........ Woodys take the KTM640 hub and fit it to the 525's for cush all the time. Their RAD cush hub fits the same application. I had a 525 RAD cush hub that I kept when I sold the bike and Zach did the measurements and determined that it would fit with a bearing swap to match the husky axle diameter, might need different spacers as I haven't gone out and measured the cush v. stock yet. I've been running the 525 RAD hub on the 610 for about 4 years now with no issues. 640 v. RAD hub is about a $150 savings, either way it's pricey. In my opinion worth it for a bike I want to keep for a good long time.
I can confirm the KTM 640 hub works. It did require some new machined spacers for which I'll give measurements, shortly. Here it is on my TE 630 overlooking downtown (Century City) LA from Mulholland Drive.
Hmmmm.. So.... does that mean the alloy rear wheel from a KTM Duke 640 may bolt up to the rear of a TE630, for those wishing to convert to SM and have a kush hub??? I'm really wanting a SM setup for my 630.
Still have those spacer dimensions? I think I'm going to go this route since I can't weem to keep Kush sprockets from falling apart..
Christ ! I've been busy and derelict. I'll try very hard to have the dimensions before newt weekend. Sorry ! Kurt
You'll need to help me here . . . I'm not following the reference as I continue to chase time zones and sleep . . .
These may present another option.Available in various colour and size options.Would be good if you could buy only the rear. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/191231465610?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
Ok looks like the mob above will do the rear wheel only.I asked for a red hub +black rim and it came to 399 delivered.discs are 40 and sprockets 50.
