Cylinder Anti-Vibration Rubber

I hope this may be of benefit to some fellow forum members...

While I was preparing my 390 WR cylinder for paint, I removed the rubber anti-vibration strips, but they fell apart. After searching the usual vintage Husky parts sources to no avail, I found similar rubber strips at Comet Kart Sales that are used on high end Yamaha go-karts. Comet Kart Sales (Phone: 317-462-3413) is located in Illinois and they are super nice mid-west people.

Here is the link to the anti-vibrations rubber strips I purchased:

https://cometkartsales.com/6.-Yamaha-Rubber-Vibration-Absorber.html

They are not quite as deep, but the width, fin spacing and fin thickness appears to be the same.

Here are some photos:

Neat thanks. They cut down on the fin ring? Some models used hose unless it was replaced. Thanks bill

I used black fuel hose many years ago on my '74 400, but I was trying to accurately duplicate the rubber strips that came from the factory on my '80 390 WR.

I ordered some too.

John at Vintage Husky in San Marcos, Ca. has them too

Do any of these actually work? Never had them.

they cut down on the fin ring a bit

Hmmmm.....I looked on Vintage Husky's website before I ordered them from Comet Kart but did not see them. I just looked again and still could not find them....

he may not have them on his web site, but he's got them. I got some from him a few months ago.

cut up a HD tube and slip a couple of Squid rings over the head at the front and back

What's a squid ring?

You can order one piece blocks of rubber from Mc Master Carr.

Then just mark your grooves for fins and cut depth of grooves with air cut off saw.

https://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-rubber-sheets/=1a0v6uw

squid rings calamari rings, cut the tube at right angles in 1 " strips....

Do they need to be deep fried in batter first?

tastier that way but hard to clean after riding