• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

  • Hi everyone,

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83 250WR fork and washer question

I didn't want to leave them out, just did. That's why I was asking where they went. I've never worked on a bike that had them before so when I put my Wiseco piston in after having the cylinder bored I didn't include them. After putting everything back together they were left over.

So now I'll pull the cylinder again and install them correctly.
 
those bits in your forks are a custom addition. a previous PO felt t he need for some extra preload to reduce the plushness factor or account for extra baggage:thinking:
 
Thanks for all the help. This is my first Husqvarna so learning the quirks. The two spacers definitely fit with the Wiseco piston so they're back in place and a lesson learned: Stop telling myself I'll "remember" things because I won't.

I put the aluminum spacer back on top of the forks since the last time I rode it it seemed fine to me. I could probably afford to drop a couple pounds around my belly.

Now to order the fork studs and hopefully get this thing back together.
 
Take a long look at your threads that embed into ypur forks legs. See if you see what I see. Check the style/makeup is a hint.
 
I don’t get it?

I asked if they could be replaced and was told yes they screw in.

I don’t see what you see?
 
You may need to heat up the fork leg to remove and replace the stud. Just like cylinder studs. Bake, not torch is better.
 
When I was younger I’d laugh at some who used string and labels on all the parts they disassembled. Now I’m old and getting feeble I realize if I take something apart I better put it back together or label the parts. It’s great being old.....
 
been away and just checking CH now.....
....knew they were the piston pin spacers right from the wear marks and size/thickness. Damn Airborne....stay alert/stay alive
 
Well to be fair in my first post I did mistakenly say I didn't have the motor apart and only clarified I had the top end off when Marty asked....

I'm about to tackle these fork stud things this week. Any advice to go about it without mangling and ruining them? The ends are already screwed up as you guys can see, so I'm hoping to be able to somehow coax two nuts on there and try to remove them with double nuts.

I am going to try a few heat cycles, too, maybe two or three and let it rest and hit it with PB Blaster then a couple more the next day. I can be somewhat patient with this....I would prefer not disassembling the forks and do it with them in place on the bike.
 
tack a bead of weld onto the nut when you have it on the stud enough so you super heat the stud and fix the removal tool to the stud in one go.let it cool before hitting the spanners. the last thing you want is to shear it off flush:eek:
 
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