up date on Curnnut shock rebuild.

well, it was pretty easy, even though these had already been bubba rebuilt at one time, and they used channel locks to take em apart,
i cleaned, beadblasted the tubes, flushed out the ATF and dirt.
cleaned the threads, polished out the channel lock teeth marks.
new O rings, new seals, added some 10w, fork oil, stripped and repainted the springs,,and they work like a charm.
id bet, if i removed the small O ring that on the inside of the screw cap, machined out that area, and installed a double lip seal, used a caustic material seal,,they would last forever..
but, this time i kept it simple, and just resealed, painted, and everything looks peachy..
granted, they arent on a Husky..but my Ossa MAR 350 will now ride smooth....now..for the rear brake shoes...hmmmm.

With Swedish accent, "squeaka squeaka." Good friend's '78 250 had Curnutts and that's EXACTLY how it sounded.

Did you take any pics?

i put a plastic guard over the tube, so it shouldnt squeak...

These were the non squeaka squeaka shocks. Didn't have springs and were never sold. Way before Fox shocks. Circa 1970. I still have a bunch of original steekers. I worked there for about 7 years.

You did WHAT!!? That's like cutting the #&+$ off your doberman! Just plain wrong.

thats a good thing..i dont have a Doberman, and cant stand squeeks and rattlles,,,
my Brittany doesnt have #&+$ as well.. she doesnt bark, squeek, or rattle.
so we get along great..lol...

My Curnutts

I had the 16" 6in travel Curnutt gas shocks on my MR250 in the 70's. They were excellent in the day and rebuilt now I am sure are still a nice choice for vintage iron

I have a pair I'm trying to rebuild also.Made a tool and got them apart and put fresh ATF in.Way too light on the compression.I even found a slightly longer and heavier spring off a trashed pair. Still too light. I need a way to recharge the gas.I'm 99% sure they were gas charged shocks.Any suggestions?

I grew up in the high desert ca.-Apple valley/Hesperia-- had curnnuts on two of my suzuki tm's back in the day as a kid and loved them for the desert and can still here the squeaks as if it was today! got quite a few pairs hanging on the vintage show wall in garage!! Now, I'm still very much into vintage bikes and history of it----I have heard that charles curnnut was in hesperia ca. any truth to that, that you know of?

Try out this guy on Vintagemx.us. Heres the link http://www.vintagemx.us/message_board/viewtopic.php?t=2926&sid=9a0049efc489c9a914f01d416ce4ec0c

Charles senior lives in 29 Palms.

How about his shop back in the day?

As I recall, it was in Torrance, near the corner of Sepulveda and Western Ave.

Then they moved the factory to 29 Palms in 1975 I think, and I started working for him right after that. I worked for Chuck till 1982. I was the last employee there. The best job I ever had.