• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
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Speed Bleeders in Marzocchi 50mm Closed Chamber Fork Question

Phoenix

Phoenix

Husqvarna
AA Class
Has anybody tried to get those things out of there and replace them with screws or an aftermarket bleeder? Over the years of owning the bike, both of those stupid little rubber plugs that cover the bleeder valves have disappeared and I have yet to find replacement plugs or find anything at Ace hardware to rig up. Anyone else lost their plugs and found a good solution? I think I'd prefer to just take them out entirely and put in screws if possible.
 
Phoenix said:
Has anybody tried to get those things out of there and replace them with screws or an aftermarket bleeder? Over the years of owning the bike, both of those stupid little rubber plugs that cover the bleeder valves have disappeared and I have yet to find replacement plugs or find anything at Ace hardware to rig up. Anyone else lost their plugs and found a good solution? I think I'd prefer to just take them out entirely and put in screws if possible.
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I HATE that about my forks... That stupid little rubber cap is bound to get lost... I just bought the micro-bleeders, and next time I have my forks apart, I'm going to drill and tap the fork cap, and install these bleeders, and just leave the stock ones in place with the rubber plugs in.
 
Just bought a pair from Sytem Tech racing...... How do you get the old ones out??? I bet they sell a tool for that too!!! I tried a valve stem remover but it's to short...
 
lankydoug said:
Motosportz is where I got mine. They were for the open chamber 50mm but are probably the same.
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not at all similar to the closed cartridge... our open chambers are easy to get bleeders for(same as many ktm's,M.4x0.7) but the closed chambers reportably have a total different set up.
 
Well this is why I joined this site. To Learn.... I don't know if I have a closed or a open chamber. Or if it's 50mm??? Really frustrating to learn about a new bike after riding the same KX for 17yrs..... This is what I havevalve.jpg0502121900.jpg
 
Dave19 said:
Well this is why I joined this site. To Learn.... I don't know if I have a closed or a open chamber. Or if it's 50mm??? Really frustrating to learn about a new bike after riding the same KX for 17yrs..... This is what I haveView attachment 16062View attachment 16063
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Those look like 50mm closed cartridge-(also is what would be on a TXC510)
did you fit the new ones on without tapping the fork cap? if so you just proved that they are the same as the open 50s.... strange as everyone reports such a problem and haven't been able to retrofit: http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/fork-bleeders-for-2008-2009-tc-txc.4373/#post-55673
 
No I did not get them on!!! I can't get the old ones out... But by looking at the new bleeders.... they look to short to fit down inside the cartridge.
 
You just need a valve stem tool... I see you tried one, but the one you tried must of been to short... Mine fits in there just fine... look for a style like this at the autoparts store.
The valve stem is recessed a long ways down in the cap, since there has to be room for the rubber caps to fit in place... This is the reason it's not a plug-n-play install.
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If your interested in installing fork bleeders on these forks, I showed my proccess in this thread.
http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/wr125-teardown-in-8-seconds-flat-caution-bike-porn.22727/
 
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