Te250

I'm interested in information about the 2004 TE250........I'm seriously looking at a used one from a person who is in my mind an excellant rider/tuner and have no doubt that it has been well taken care of. My concern is that it seems to me that I heard or read someplace that there was/is some issues with the motor, the head or valves or something like that.
Anyone able to enlighten me about this particular bike?

The two issues I recall is the Mikuni carb which halls had a fix for. The other one was to replace the valves with a newer model, that has more than likely been done.

Thanx guys...great info..

Perfect quote..was just what I was going to say!

BTW..Mikuni carb is only a JD kit away from being spot on!

I would also check the starter gear. I know of a couple gears including mine that had teeth break off. Easy to replace if needed-needs to be done if they start breaking because it will grind off the starter gear teeth and you'll need a new starter too. You check it by pulling out the starter-two bolts-and pulling the starter. the gear will spin one way and you can visually inspect the teeth. I like my '04 very much
I did replace my valves with SS after a year of riding. Depending on the sale price a 300 kit is a great addition!

Starter moter idle

Can you explain more how to replace this? I just bought a 2004 TE 250 with 30 miles on it so I think I want to take care of this.. Thanks for the help

Look at diagram 15(page 61) here:

https://www.halls-cycles.com/Catalog/PDF/Husqvarna%20.PDFs/1998-2004/2004/2004-TE-TC250-450-SM400R.PDF

The idler gear is number 6. You can just pull the starter off and look through the hole with a flash light and see if the teeth are worn. You can either replace it with a new number 6, or some people upgraded to part 31 in the same diagram from a 450. I still have the original idler gear in mine with no issues.

Which JD jet kit do you use for the Mikuni carb. I have a buddy with an 04 TE250 which is jetted really poorly and a JD kit may just be the way to go. However when I looked on JD's site they only appear to go back to 05 for that bike which is when I believe they started using Klein carbs

-Thanks

My daughter raced an 04 TE for 3 years, what i found was starter was loose two bolts holding the starter were loose, which in turn cause vibration when the starter was used causing worn starter gear and losening the starter gear assembly which in turn ate all the gears after that happened new starter and all to fix it. As i said it was 3 years she raced it i never had any issues until the last 2 races one of her intake valves kept tightening up she only had 3 more races in the season so i figured i would make it last until end of year wrong! The intake valve snapped off causing catostrophic failure actually my laziness did it.
Point to the story is the bike was 5 years old before anything happened never an issue before that. If he hasn't done the stainless valves do them, if he hasn't changed out the starter gear do it. Big insurance for less cost then a motor job. She does how ever ride/race an 02 WR 125 now.

JD jetting does not make a kit for the Mikuni. Halls is the place to go.
I had my starter gear go after a year 1/2 or so. I waited too long after hearing noise so I needed a new starter too. Just keep fresh oil in it and ride it.