• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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abnormal wheelspacer wear?

so not an area for concern? New seals and spacers and carry on as normal?

none of my other bikes seals have ever worn spacers like this. hard anodized upgrades out there anywhere?
 
Not normal. Normal is two distinct thin wear lines from the seal lips. Broad lines are usually when the seal isn't in straight. I've never seen so many grooves on a spacer. Debris wrapped and moving with the hub? Are the bearings fine, or shot and deflecting? When the wheel is mounted and bolted down tight, any lines outside the seal have to be caused by external debris.
 
your 04 is also a Honda. my 98 Honda doesn't show any wear either. hence the "my other bikes..." part.
 
Ty mentioned to me yesterday that hardened Husqvarna wheel spacers are on the machine order, I didn't think anything of it at the time with my one track mind on breathers haha. But it looks like you are going to need a set right away. It's amazing that the seals can eat the metal like that. :)
 
Sceep said:
your 04 is also a Honda. my 98 Honda doesn't show any wear either. hence the "my other bikes..." part.
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Ha ha , yeah I try not to throw that around too much hear :) A good bike is a good bike no matter what brand . The rubber compounds and spacer coating is really similar more than likely lol
 
Aluminum is pretty soft and all it takes is a small bit of baling twine or something to get lodged in the seals and wipe things out. For that matter I've seen plastic baling twine destroy bearings and cut steel shafts in two.
 
Tinken said:
Ty mentioned to me yesterday that hardened Husqvarna wheel spacers are on the machine order, I didn't think anything of it at the time with my one track mind on breathers haha. But it looks like you are going to need a set right away. It's amazing that the seals can eat the metal like that. :)
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any idea when they'll be ready, and how i can get notified when they are in stock? I can hold off a week or two on replacing the seals/spacers if something worthwhile is coming soon.
 
Looks like the seal/bearing faces must have been spinning in there pretty good. Those aren't just grooved, it looks like they were put on a lathe and somebody started to make candle holders out of them. I think a complete inspection of everything back there is in order.
 
Sceep said:
any idea when they'll be ready, and how i can get notified when they are in stock? I can hold off a week or two on replacing the seals/spacers if something worthwhile is coming soon.
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It will take much longer than that for us to make them, go ahead and get new ones.
 
Guys thats mostly a function of grit/dirt/with grease sitting in the seal pocket, just like lapping compound grinding away at the spacer. Enduro Engineering makes hard anodized spacers for Katos, good to hear ZipTy doing the same for Husky. On my katos even with the hardened version I replaced them a few times especially after we had one of our wet winters. I had all ready replaced my 2008 TXC450 spacers twice before selling her last year. Its a wear item, but of course you need to have good seals installed to keep as much grit out as possible.
 
Sceep said:
this doesn't look good? any ideas?

rear wheel, 09 te310
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rear wheel spacers, '10 TE 450. 13,000 miles/over 2 years service, original wheel bearings

I pack the area where the spacer inserts with gobs of grease, clean it out when I swap tires, add more, I've probably used 1/2 lb of grease on wheel swaps in 2 years. I won't be replacing these spacers any time soon.
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