• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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1979 cr390 shock bushings

Kidmoro

Husqvarna
B Class
Hi all,
Just picked up a 79 cr390 last week. It came with an extra swing arm in excellent condition, so I decided to swap it on. During th swap i came discover 1. The swingarm pivot is frozen (lucky me) and 2. All four bushings on the rear shocks are deteriorated. Can anyone point my in the right direction in getting replacements? Other than those two things the bike is pretty dang sweet.

Beat,
Johnny
 
Hi all,
Just picked up a 79 cr390 last week. It came with an extra swing arm in excellent condition, so I decided to swap it on. During th swap i came discover 1. The swingarm pivot is frozen (lucky me) and 2. All four bushings on the rear shocks are deteriorated. Can anyone point my in the right direction in getting replacements? Other than those two things the bike is pretty dang sweet.

Beat,
Johnny

The top shock mounting eye should have a spherical bearing and only the bottom mounting eyes have bushings.

Marty
 
Thanks guys! If anyone is wondering i managed to get the pivot bolt out. I used the ol sawzall method.
 
Hi all,

I was just curious if the width of the lower eyelets on these bikes are supposed to be narrower than the mounts on the swingarm. There is a significant amount of space for side to side play. Not sure if this is normal of if i am missing some spacers. Any insight is appreciated.
 
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