Trenchcoat85
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Over the past 3 years, I have had a few weird things happen to my TE310R. None of 'em are interesting enough for a stand alone thread- so I'd thought I throw all of 'em in one thread; maybe I will get a comment or two for some additional insight.
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Brembo reservoir caps: on both front and back brakes, the cap vents have been clogged with a dust/condensation mixture. And there's been lots of water in the reservoir bladder. (It's pretty dry here in the mountains- I've never seen this much).
Now I change my fluid every 6 months (suck it out, put new fluid in. 45 seconds). I think this characteristic is why Brembo does not perform better than Nissin after a year or two.
anyways, dry the bladder, blow the vent holes out; on the rear cap, take a paper clip and push the dirt through, clean the cap. This goes for the clutch too.
If you go through a lot of water, do the back brakes often.
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Rim tape: Husky has the best rim tape I've run across. Kinda of thick vinyl. But I had the rim tape come out of the wheel on an inflated tire. I am not sure how this was even possible. BTW the tire in the picture is a Mountain Hybrid at 9lbs psi.
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Rim locks: I've had 7 (or 8?) flats in the last 3 years. And 3 of those flats have been caused by wear on the tube from the rimlock, which I've never seen happen before.
The rimlock was smooth but had some flashing on the tire side. I tried smoothing it but it was pretty smooth already. After the last flat, I put on normal rimlocks (Tusk) which were slightly heavier (95gms vs 115gms). BTW, I had 2 rear and 1 front flat from rimlocks.
The husky brand is "Alder"; they're aluminum and rubber- even though they look a little like the Motion Pro plastic ones.
They fail on two accounts: they cause wear-flats, AND they don't seem to hold the tire to the rim very well- which is why I have 'em in the first place. trashed.
And flip your tubes every time you take a tire off.
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I was on a flat single track about to go up a steep trail when I boiled my rear brake. WTF? I had just come down a steep trail but that was like 2 minutes earlier. After I crossed a creek my brakes came back- but it was now a little noisy.
I made a wrong turn about 3/4 mile up the hill and stopped; my kid stopped on his 511 stopped also. Since I was exhausted, we took a little "brake" (hah) and I decide to take a quick look at my rear caliper. And I saw that the inside pad had fallen out (the pad pins were still in)!
Edit: the intact pad was still hanging on the pin, but the front lip had fallen off the caliper shelf. This inside pad was now actually hanging on the outside of the rotor.
I slipped the pad in by pulling the hairpins & pad pin and putting the inside pad's lip on the "shelf" and reinstalled everything.
I did not know that this was even possible (anyone got any ideas or suggestions?)
(the fluid is coolant- I put a larger 3oz overflow reservoir in and have yet to figure out the overflow tube)
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Brembo reservoir caps: on both front and back brakes, the cap vents have been clogged with a dust/condensation mixture. And there's been lots of water in the reservoir bladder. (It's pretty dry here in the mountains- I've never seen this much).
Now I change my fluid every 6 months (suck it out, put new fluid in. 45 seconds). I think this characteristic is why Brembo does not perform better than Nissin after a year or two.
anyways, dry the bladder, blow the vent holes out; on the rear cap, take a paper clip and push the dirt through, clean the cap. This goes for the clutch too.
If you go through a lot of water, do the back brakes often.
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Rim tape: Husky has the best rim tape I've run across. Kinda of thick vinyl. But I had the rim tape come out of the wheel on an inflated tire. I am not sure how this was even possible. BTW the tire in the picture is a Mountain Hybrid at 9lbs psi.
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Rim locks: I've had 7 (or 8?) flats in the last 3 years. And 3 of those flats have been caused by wear on the tube from the rimlock, which I've never seen happen before.
The rimlock was smooth but had some flashing on the tire side. I tried smoothing it but it was pretty smooth already. After the last flat, I put on normal rimlocks (Tusk) which were slightly heavier (95gms vs 115gms). BTW, I had 2 rear and 1 front flat from rimlocks.
The husky brand is "Alder"; they're aluminum and rubber- even though they look a little like the Motion Pro plastic ones.
They fail on two accounts: they cause wear-flats, AND they don't seem to hold the tire to the rim very well- which is why I have 'em in the first place. trashed.
And flip your tubes every time you take a tire off.
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I was on a flat single track about to go up a steep trail when I boiled my rear brake. WTF? I had just come down a steep trail but that was like 2 minutes earlier. After I crossed a creek my brakes came back- but it was now a little noisy.
I made a wrong turn about 3/4 mile up the hill and stopped; my kid stopped on his 511 stopped also. Since I was exhausted, we took a little "brake" (hah) and I decide to take a quick look at my rear caliper. And I saw that the inside pad had fallen out (the pad pins were still in)!
Edit: the intact pad was still hanging on the pin, but the front lip had fallen off the caliper shelf. This inside pad was now actually hanging on the outside of the rotor.
I slipped the pad in by pulling the hairpins & pad pin and putting the inside pad's lip on the "shelf" and reinstalled everything.
I did not know that this was even possible (anyone got any ideas or suggestions?)
(the fluid is coolant- I put a larger 3oz overflow reservoir in and have yet to figure out the overflow tube)
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