• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

  • Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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forks hitting tank and steering stop rubber issues

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Houredout401

Husqvarna
AA Class
I restored a 78 WR250 earlier this year. In the process I converted to 40MM forks. I used the aftermarket steering stop rubbers. But with the bike sitting a few months with the wheel turned to one side, the rubber stop has completely deformed. Does not seem the compound of the rubber was stiff enough. This will cause forks to hit tank on a tough turn. Even the one that is not deformed seems like it would not hold up in hit.

I also realized the fork conversion makes the steering stops slightly off angle such that the forks don't hit the rubber squarely, which could also be contributing to the rubber deforming.

I can move the tank back a bit and drill a new hole for the tank mount, but anyone else face this issue with the soft stoppers or fork conversion? Are there "better" stoppers or other solutions besides re-welding the tubes that hold the stoppers at a different angle (too late for that...)
 
yep, get the plastic stops from 80s swedes...cr bikes usually have short ones with bigger tank xc or wr models having longer ones.
 
Damn, out of stock at Husqvarna-parts.com. Will have to wait as it cost me $40 shipping to get them from HVA. Should anyone in US be buying a load of HVA parts, let me know I'll give you some $$$ to send me a pair.
 
try calling some other husky dealers like halls...pretty common item for any dealer that sells swede parts
 
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