• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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TE510 2009 STANDARD EXHAUST RATTLE

eric quitt

eric quitt

Husqvarna
AA Class
HI THERE

Just wanted to know if anyone else has had the same issue... I have a standard exhaust system on my husky TE510 x 2009. The end baffle ( which comes out with a circlip removal ) seems to rattle excessively.

It is getting more than annoying but I am not sure what to do or importantly how to seal or insert something to stop the rattle.

You can move the baffle by hand and hear it touching the initernal pipe ( BTW.. When i got this bike the inset baffle was missing... so i went to husky delaer and he got me one )

It just seems too loose and obviously rattles around.

I thought about packing around it??? but with what ??

ANY SUGGESTIONS ?????

THX RIC
 

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Cut a 2 inch piece of coat hangar wire. Hold one end with a vise-grip plier and use a hammer and solid surface (iron bench vise, a really hard rock) and flatten the other end of the wire until it is paper thin. Push the flattened end into the open edge crack of the baffle and tap it in with a hammer, until it won't go any further. use a Dremel cut-off wheel to remove the excess wire or cut it down to about a quarter inch before you hammer it in and use a punch to get it seated in. That's what I did to mine 10,000 miles ago and the piece of wire is still there.

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hey that sound like a good idea... anything to stop the rattling woulf be great

thx i will give it a try..

ric
 
I just cut my bit down to an inch, not that it rattled but it made the 310 sound a tad more macho without being uncouth
 
In put High temp RTV Silicone on the insert edges prior to instalation- this usually works as long as I want it to.
 
I've used both methods mentioned above by OlderHuskyRider and HuskynXJnWI. I found that after about 1-2 rides the RTV(high temp.) was toast. I used a piece of #12 solid copper wire, wrapped it around the spark arrestor/baffle insert to get the correct shape and length, and flattened it down to make a copper gasket to go in before the circlip. I can't remember how long ago I did this but I haven't had any issues since doing it with the copper wire.
 
waserman said:
I've used both methods mentioned above by OlderHuskyRider and HuskynXJnWI. I found that after about 1-2 rides the RTV(high temp.) was toast. I used a piece of #12 solid copper wire, wrapped it around the spark arrestor/baffle insert to get the correct shape and length, and flattened it down to make a copper gasket to go in before the circlip. I can't remember how long ago I did this but I haven't had any issues since doing it with the copper wire.
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eric quitt said:
HI THERE

Just wanted to know if anyone else has had the same issue... I have a standard exhaust system on my husky TE510 x 2009. The end baffle ( which comes out with a circlip removal ) seems to rattle excessively.

It is getting more than annoying but I am not sure what to do or importantly how to seal or insert something to stop the rattle.

You can move the baffle by hand and hear it touching the initernal pipe ( BTW.. When i got this bike the inset baffle was missing... so i went to husky delaer and he got me one )

It just seems too loose and obviously rattles around.

I thought about packing around it??? but with what ??

ANY SUGGESTIONS ?????

THX RIC
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two answers. first i used the sticky backed heatshield sold by moose racing. just cut out a donut to fit the baffle and reinstall clip. the piece of heatshield they package is large, so you can use the remainer on the bottom of your gas tank to protect pump from heat. second. if you want more noise and less backpresure with no rattle, you can get a conical shaped replacement spark arestor from billet moto and grind off edge and slip into muffler and use the c clip ring to hold it in place. 15 20 dollars either way. my 450 runs and starts better with less backpresure. i did retune with my i beat though. have about a thousand miles on each mod.
 
My '11 TXC 250 had the same problem. I wrapped a bit of steel wool around the outside of the spark arrestor and reinstalled it. It made it fit snug and no more rattle. It even helped me passed sound at the races, drops about 1 db.
 
Is your wabble left/right/up/down or in/out? My 310 had a bad rattle where the baffle wabbled around heaps. I just removed the retaining circlip and stretched it open a few mm and re installed, been good for 5000km. The best thing about this fix is if it doesnt work you haven't spent any money or broke anything.
Also the aussie exhausts look different to other overseas ones ive seen, i.e. NO spark arrestor.
 
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