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

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WHAT am I missing here?? Late night and things r not right...

pahusky

pahusky

Husqvarna
Pro Class
2012 TXC250, working on the rear suspension.

Pulled the swingarm to check the bearing, cleaned everything up and ready to reassembled...

Really didn't pay to much attention to what came out of where...pretty simple setup.

Now when I slide it back in place things are really loose side to side, way too much gap.

All the parts are reassembled like the parts breakdown, but the only parts that I can't find on any breakdown are the center case puck spacers. I thought they could only go in one way...recessed area towards the center, slide right over the case inserts...

Again late night, bad picture, and really sort of pissed at myself...
Any advice would be appreciated.

I'm going to bed and will check in the am at how much of a dumd a** I am...

Wow, haven't been this far off track in a while...had these things on and off a dozen times, dont understand at all...seems like way to much gap to make up with 90 ftlbs and frame flex.

Thanks,

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partslist.jpg
 
There are no shims or bushes so as mentioned above tighten up. I am sure the play will dissipate.
 
Yea, the picture was for components.
I wasn't ready to torque it down if parts weren't in right, good idea, that will be next.

What gets me is I checked the play before taking it out...nothing.

What also gets me is while the breakdown below is complete, try to find the pucks, just to check, no where in the whole parts book. I'll call Chris at the shop, he's always good at setting me straight.

I believe it's together right, just hard to accept the play.
 
Alright things are still weird..torqued to 90 definitly tightens up the metal to metal, side to side.

The problem seems to be too much space for the swingarm to travel side to side...after the inner metal is tightened up.

??????

I'm heading back in to spin the spacer pucks around, don't think that's it. And the bearings are not pushed in too far..

Weird... any advice? Thanks,

 
Is item 12 in the parts blow-up the spacer you're talking about?

It looks like you have it outside the 2 bushings, while the parts diagram shows it between the bushings and the swingarm.
 
no sir,

12 is supposed to be a spacer inside the collar between the two #11 bearings.
The spacer I'm talking about sits right against the center cases with #41 butted up against it. The hole in the spacer is only big enough for the bolt not the internal spacer #41. I'll get a pic...

someone compare this to their setup...

man do I feel stupid...maybe this is how it is and the linkage keeps it centered...
 
Okay, I see what you mean. The old (i.e my 2009) swingarm didn't have a spacer between the bearings.

Dumb question, but it's hard to tell from your pics and video... You do have both bushings in each side, correct? I.e. #41 and #2 ?
 
Make sure both bushings are stacked on the same side...inside the swingarm....the short one goes in 1st and the longer one in back of those. You do have 2 bushings for both sides? Hard to see but I think you are missing the short ones (no 2 in the drawing).
 
Your both on the right track...but their in there and correct, never took the 'short' ones out only the 'long' ones; #2 is actually pressed in. The only things in the picture you can pull by hand is the 2 #41's. And they are length matched per side...can't get them wrong.
Following is the puck and spacers pic...


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spacer1.jpg

There's an insert in the case half that the puck sits over.

This is all you get per side...and the outside of 41 sits against the frame tab.

But the gap occurs because the spacers #41 seem to protrude outside the collar too far. All these items are the stock items, nothing aftermarket. The gap below allows the movement. Both side of this spacer are under the 90lb torque load and the swing arm floats on it...A little too much...

 
That looks perfect. 41 is supposed to protrude like that in order to be pinched against the frame and allow the swingarm to move. The husky swingarm configuration is the same back to year 2000 at least.

I think your not is bottoming w/o pinching the swingarm.

When you tighten the swingarm shaft there should be no play at all.

Now my 2010 Te250 has a longer swingarm shaft than the old frame. If I used it on my 2004 WR250 it would bottom out before it pinched the swingarm.....make sure you have the washer (#43) under the 7/8" nut and the swingarm pinches when you tighten it down.

If the bolt tightens without pinching the swingarm the bolt is bottoming on the threads too soon and you need a shorter shaft or a thicker washer.

Check it out.
 
I hate when stuff like this happens without a clearcut solution...

I checked all the loose parts again, put a micrometer on the pucks(they are the same), talked to the shop and a couple of 'Freds' I know,
bolted it on one more time and all movement went away. No gap, No side-to-side movement, smooth as silk in the rotation department...

No idea what I did different, but I'm not taking it off to research...the sleeping dog's going to lay right where he's at!

I'm not the worst mechanic, but I have no explanation for this whole thread...

If it does nothing more than to raise you're awareness when going under the rear fender than it was worth it...and I hope whatever it was doesn't happen to anyone else.


Thanks for all the suggestions...
 
Hey guys Im now messing about with the same parts on my 2010 TE250. I tore it down to replace the swingarm bearings. All well, except Im a bit surprised to see how exposed the outer bearings are. There is no cap or anything preventing water and dust from reaching the bearings from the outer sides. Swingarm sits directly against the frame and bearinng sits directly in the swingarm, as I think the picture above shows as well. I would have guessed that the re was a piece missing. can someone confirm that this is the way huskys are indeed set up?
 
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