• 2 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     WR = 2st Enduro & CR = 2st Cross

  • 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.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

    Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.

    Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.

    Thanks for your patience and support!

250-500cc Forks.

Husky Gordon

Husky Gordon

Husqvarna
AA Class
I have a 2009 WR 300. I replaced the springs and found out the 50mm forks were replaced with 45mm. Would the axle and spacers be the same or different? I have some slight play and not sure how to correct this.
 
You sure the forks have been swapped? That would have been a lot of work for somebody (new triples, etc). You state that you have "slight play," but don't give any hints as to where the play is or how much you have, so it's going to be really hard for people to help.
 
When I replaced the springs in the forks I ordered the stock ones, 50MM. When I took them to have them installed at Beaver Creek Cycle it was at that point it was determined they weren't 50MM. I believe they were 45MM. Had to order the correct springs. The play is between the spacer anf the fork. You can tigthen down the nut on the end of the axel and it doesn't pull the fork up tight. It is hard fo rme to describe.
 
If it's hard for you to describe, it will be hard for us to help you fix it. ;)

Take a picture of the forks, in the problem area, for starters. If the bearings don't tighten against the spacer, the spacer, axle, or bearing spacing in the hub is wrong. Could be an installation problem though, I'd be careful about jumping to conclusions.

Also, with regard to the mystery of the mismatched forks, a picture might help us figure that out. Also, it wouldn't hurt to measure...
 
Husky Gordon said:
When I replaced the springs in the forks I ordered the stock ones, 50MM. When I took them to have them installed at Beaver Creek Cycle it was at that point it was determined they weren't 50MM. I believe they were 45MM. Had to order the correct springs. The play is between the spacer anf the fork. You can tigthen down the nut on the end of the axel and it doesn't pull the fork up tight. It is hard fo rme to describe.
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Are you sure the spacer is installed? Your fork springs have no effect on the axle installation... Check to see if there is something in the axle threads which keeps it from screwing all of the way in.
 
Spacers are the same. For what it's worth, I have one time had this issue and found out the axle was too long. I had cleaned up an older one and I still can't believe there was a difference. Has there always been play (wheel actually sliding on the axle a bit)? Don't use the nut, slide the axle until it bottoms on the wheel bearing, keep pushing until the spacer slack is gone, check your disk/rotor alignment and look for the axle protruding beyond the fork leg. That should tell you what you need to correct. Just because, slide your axle through the forks without the wheel and make sure it slides completely through the right fork leg. That will tell you the forks are correctly lined up vertically and that the bottom of the fork isn't restricting the axle's travel to pull the assembly tight. I've also seen vice damage to the axle bore. Good luck.
 
If you want us to help you, you've got to help us. It's probably not the spacer, those hardly ever wear out. Do the tests that Bob suggested, and take a few pictures.

Also, if you want to know what forks are on the bike, you could measure them? :confused: Really easy...
 
Could be the spacer, the axle, or the inner race spacer in the hub.

If you don't know what forks are on the bike, how'd you order a new spacer?
 
Good point Kyle. What I have found so far. I am replacing the steering stem bearings at the same time. Guess what the bearings for the 09 wr 300 are to big where the stem goes through the bearing. The race fit into the frame fine. Not sure why anyone would change all the steering like they did? I just called the shop and said put everything on hold till I get figured out what I have. By the way the vin number on the frame is for a 09.
 
IF the forks have been swapped at all, by far the most sensible way to do it would be to swap the entire front end; forks, triples, stem, axle, etc. So, IF it has been swapped, that is probably what happened.

Who knows the fork vs. year relationship with WRs? What year had what forks?
 
08 model WRs are 45mm ... mine work AOK on tracks and trails ...

You are aware the forks can spread at the bottom and cause the axle length to appear to be too short ....

In the pic below, there is probably enough space here to get the axle nut started AND IF the fork tubes are spread at the bottom, the nut can pull them into place ... Not the best idea but this thread is confusing ... OR tapping lightly my the H symbol might drive the forks back together if they are spread ...

Also, DO NOT get heavy handed here ...That nut is ALUM(?) and will strip out ...

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Husky Gordon said:
The guy at the shop seemed to think 06' 07 wr 250 would work?
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