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

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    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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09' te450 Fork Oil

stiflers mum

stiflers mum

Husqvarna
A Class
Hi Guy's.
I have an 09' TE450.
Have just installed Safari 19L tank and have been adjusting suspension to suit. Front forks in rebound are at limit and accordingly is still spongy. Light fork oil was put in during last service with a fork seal replacement.
Any advice on whether a heavy fork oil may fix the problem.
As a side issue, one of the fork seals is leaking after only 400km's.Is this normal? i'M GUESSING NOT. Any advice on a good after market fork seal kit? It is presently running an Ariete seal kit.

Cheers,

Stiflers Mum
 
for the zokes the only seals that I got any life from were SKF need to use the matching scrapers as well.
You probably need to go up a rate on the fork springs. as you have added aprox 12kg to the front of the bike with that tank.
 
I agree- check your sag- per Vinduro's formula.

I recently changed my seals in my 09TE450 after the stock ones worked great for 2 seasons. I ordered the ones from Motosportz - which are OEM Marzoccis. I found that the reason mine went out was a small dent in the outer fork leg- near the wiper. I repaired that and all is well. Make sure your axle is aligned properly- it effects seals a great deal.
 
Use a good synthetic ATF set about 100mm from the top ( fork compressed, springs out ) and SKF seals for best results. Stock seals will hold better with ATF.

And I agree, you need to go up about .04kg/mm on you spring rate to comp for a full tank that size.
 
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