• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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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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    Thanks for your patience and support!

Re-lacing wheel '73 400CR

TexasMule

TexasMule

Husqvarna
B Class
I'm in the middle of restoring my '73 400CR and have a question about re-lacing the wheels.

One side of the rear wheel has been seriously gouged over the last 47 years. I can't get the gouge marks out without taking the wheel down to nothing.

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This is going to be a static display in my family room. I have no intention of racing the bike. I don't mind the gouges so much, the bike is going to have a certain amount of patina, but if possible I'd like to reverse the wheel so the gouges are on the chain/sprocket side of the bike.

I'm sure someone here has tried this. I'm not sure if the angle on the wheel will allow this.

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Needless to say, the spokes will need to be cut out. They're not budging.

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Even after they're cleaned up.

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Unless someone has a magic trick to get them out. PB blaster is not working, and it usually works on everything.

Take care,
TM
 
No. The rim can not be reversed or flipped on the hub due to the spoke angles/rim hole angles. PB Blaster is what I use. Soak or spray both ends of the nipple and let them sit over night and do it again.

Marty
 
motomwo said:
No. The rim can not be reversed or flipped on the hub due to the spoke angles/rim hole angles. PB Blaster is what it use. Soak or spray both ends of the nipple and let them sit over night and do it again.

Marty
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Thanks Marty, that's what I thought, just needed confirmation.

I'm not going to re-use the spokes, so I may just cut them out.

Thanks again
Bill
 
I re-laced my own 73 400CR. I also do not think that you can not flip the rim, but I didn't try it. If I remember right, this model uses the "Husky Odd" spoke pattern. It's in the manual if you have one. If not, take some photos!
 
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