rich196
Husqvarna
A Class
No lube needed because they are teflon lined.
I guess you could take the off the old one and use it as a dummy for looks.
I think it's held on just with a staple.
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Hi everyone,
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.
When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.
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77 WR250 back from the dead
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Husqvarna
No lube needed because they are teflon lined.
I guess you could take the off the old one and use it as a dummy for looks.
I think it's held on just with a staple.
rich196
Husqvarna
A Class
My bike had a Preston Petty light that was crumbling to the touch so that got jukned and it does have the VDO/H speedo but the wheel unit is missing parts so I most likely won't be putting it back.
troy deck
Husqvarna
Pro Class
i might have a drive
Eric The Leg
Husqvarna
AA Class
You might want to be specific as to what's missing. The pins you can get from a bolt shop, the washer is fairly easy to source, the drive unit is more expensive and harder to come by (unless, of course, Troy Deck has it for you).
rich196
Husqvarna
A Class
Krudd
Husqvarna
AA Class
I can't find it in the 76-78 WR spare parts catalog but starting from '78 and up to mid-80's, the VDO gear used is Husqvarna part no. 15 17 302-01.
And I think the last digits "8/75" is date of manufacture because on my '81 WR it has same as yours "32/8/1 1:19=" but ends with "8 80".
Also I have some NOS ones that end with "11 86". Some pics so you can compare.
And I think the last digits "8/75" is date of manufacture because on my '81 WR it has same as yours "32/8/1 1:19=" but ends with "8 80".
Also I have some NOS ones that end with "11 86". Some pics so you can compare.
rich196
Husqvarna
A Class
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Looking at one of my old ones, the "plug" in the end of the pinion hole is staked over. Removing this plug may enable you to extract the insides. The pinion is most likely stopping the large gear from coming out. I've not tried it as new ones are available and not too expensive.
rich196
Husqvarna
A Class
where are they available new?
Bill502
Husqvarna
AA Class
I was looking at some pics of my 76 250WR when it was new and the shock springs were all black.
Eric The Leg
Husqvarna
AA Class
It was produced over 40 years ago, nobody is going to say "not stock" if the springs match the tank. A little bit of well-executed stylistic creativity will be appreciated (at-least if you get the 'right' red on things. You don't want to stand out as the only bike that's 3 shades to dark/light or just plain 'off').
Crashaholic
Husqvarna
Pro Class
I once owned a new 77 390 and can't remember the color of the shocks' smaller springs however I did refurbish those shocks a couple years back and chose chevy orange for the small spring color. Not sure if I did this because it looked like the original color or because that was the only paint I had in the cabinet. 
Crashaholic
Husqvarna
Pro Class
I remember why I painted my shock springs chevy orange. 
The color of the short spring indicates the spring weight. The attached pdf shows a spring rate chart for Huskys. You can get an idea of the color by measuring the coil diameter or in the case of a square coil measure the cross section, plus the number of coils.
The color of the short spring indicates the spring weight. The attached pdf shows a spring rate chart for Huskys. You can get an idea of the color by measuring the coil diameter or in the case of a square coil measure the cross section, plus the number of coils.
rich196
Husqvarna
A Class
That chart is awesome.
However mine are slightly different. Yes 40 years have passed and I don't know what may have been done in that time.
I'll look at the parts list and see if I can find what's called out.
I took some measurements and the long spring is 222mm long with 7.5mm round wire, black with no stripe, 13 coils.
I don't know where they measure coils.
Short spring is 70.9mm long with 5.6mm square wire, 6 coils, red color.
However mine are slightly different. Yes 40 years have passed and I don't know what may have been done in that time.
I'll look at the parts list and see if I can find what's called out.
I took some measurements and the long spring is 222mm long with 7.5mm round wire, black with no stripe, 13 coils.
I don't know where they measure coils.
Short spring is 70.9mm long with 5.6mm square wire, 6 coils, red color.
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Crashaholic
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Pictures can help us determine what your working with.