• 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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    Thanks for your patience and support!

Spoke nipple sizes '72 wr250

rob kelly

rob kelly

Husqvarna
AA Class
Does anyone know the nipple size on a '72 wr250 rear wheel and also where i could get originals from?
I've managed to source some NOS clover spokes but they didn't come with nipples.
They seem to be 3.5mm so i could just buy modern ones if need be.

I took my wheels to SFX wheels to be re anodized and the hubs powder coated.
They laced the back wheel like a standard wheel so the spokes fouled the sprocket bolts. When i looked into it i found out that these Huskys have a unique spoke pattern with 3 different length spokes. He had binned the shortest spokes in favour of using just two sizes but he told me he had to replace some as they were seized but i'd already oiled them and unwound them all a few turns so know they weren't.
All the spokes replaced were the shorter length spokes funnily enough. I asked for the original ones back but he said they had been thrown out.
The rims were so bad after acid dipping i've had to buy new morad akront rims.
All very disappointing as I wanted to keep the bike as original as possible.
 
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