• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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Look for image of 70's CR Tank Strap

Mucci

Mucci

Husqvarna
AA Class
I recently picked up a 70's CR tank and am looking to retrofit it to my TE570.

I'm curious what the stock mounting looks like on the rear of the tank. In the fiche it appears to be a rubber band with hooks on the end, #43:

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Here's a photo of the actual tank:

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Does anyone have a photo of what the mounting strap and mounting tabs look like for this set up?
 
You could probably hold down the tank with a short small diameter bungee cord or find a way to splice the ends of a cross section of a heavy duty off rod inner tube . Hard to tell without seeing where it is going
 
The tank you have is from a late 70's ML frame. The parts picture you put up is from a much earlier tank.
I just use a strip of inner tube to hold the rear of my tank on the ML frames. The front bolt and the rubber pad under the rear of the tank are the important ones.
It would be nice to see some pictures of it sat on your TE 570. I think it will look brilliant.
 
I once owned a Husky with this tank strap set up. The strap hooks to itself underneath the frame. I remember the strap broke often. :mad:
 
The strap looks exactly like the drawing shows. It is a molded rubber strap with a seam running around the perimeter of the band. The steel hooks are laced through the two opposing grommet-type holes in the moldedrubber strap. You can source a new one from Vintage Husky in San Marcos, California. Just talk to John...


Desmo
 
This is probably not what you want to hear but I have this set up on my 79 and I did get the strap pictured above but I still choose to use a good ole zip tie . Just cut it when you need to and put a new one on when your done.
 
Thanks for the help guys. Sounds like a good ole DIY setup will do the trick.

Not totally done mounting the tank yet but here's how she sits currently:

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I made a new backbone to fit in the tunnel so the tank is mounted horizontally. New subframe is next.
 
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