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

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210 TE 250 complete rebuild: swingarm bushing?!

J

Johnny Danger

Husqvarna
A Class
Hello there,
I just bought a 2010 250 TE that I am rebuilding completely. I am now at the point of changing the swingarm bearing and bushings, which fell apart as soon as I removed the swingarm. Now I am a bit lost...
When I dismantled the bike, the long sleeve was fitted from the exterior of the swingarm, while the short sleeve was on the inside. It makes sense to me.

Now, looking at the manual, it looks like they want me to put the short sleeve on the interior and the long sleeve too, leaving the exterior of the swingarm contacting the frame. This does not make any sense to me: it must be an error in the manual, right?

I am talking about the parts 53 and 2 in this picture:TE250 swingarm.jpg

Any toughts? Do you think this makes sense?
 
Hi, I've also already rebuild months ago a 2010 TE 250 that still doesn't want to run.
All the bushings go inside the swingarm one inside the other (everithing goes against the engine) there are no bushing between swingarm and frame.
 
Giack Husky310R said:
Hi, I've also already rebuild months ago a 2010 TE 250 that still doesn't want to run.
All the bushings go inside the swingarm one inside the other (everithing goes against the engine) there are no bushing between swingarm and frame.
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Do you think that this make sense? Why not having any bushing on the frame side? The inner sleeve is thin and it contacts the frame on a very short patch. Also this leaves the bearing on the frame side semi open to Dott...
 
Johnny Danger said:
Do you think that this make sense? Why not having any bushing on the frame side? The inner sleeve is thin and it contacts the frame on a very short patch. Also this leaves the bearing on the frame side semi open to Dott...
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Husqvarna made them that way, on my bikes I have either fitted an overhaul kit like All-Balls or Bearing Works where they also give you bushings that go on the frame side or I have made a home made revision kit by buying the bearings separately (SKF as OEM) and the bushings as original spare parts and I have fitted them as Husqvarna did by adding a measured o-ring between the frame and the swingarm.
Husqvarna OEM bushings are mounted as you can see in this ad: https://www.ebay.com/itm/285848028253
 
Thanks Giack, the pic is worth a thousand words:Husqvarna te250 swingarm 1.jpg


Husqvarna te250 swingarm 2.jpg

Still, it makes not much sense to me... Why having the bushing contacting the frame on the side with just the thin lip protruding? Isn't the bearing too exposed to dirt on the sides? When you tighter the swingarm bolt, it's easy to overtorque it and almost lock the swingarm...
 
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