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

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rear suspension rebound grind

M

Mfallon

Husqvarna
B Class
2009 TE 510

any one incounter a rebound grind from the rear suspension. I have not investigated the linkage or shock yet, just wondering if someone has incountered this and can help pin point the problem (shock or linkage).
 
Oh how bizarre! Just yesterday while out on a ride, I leaned on the seat and as it came up, heard this strange noise. What the???

Can't figure out exactly where it's coming from, but sounds like a gurgling of the oil and/or nitrogen in the remote resevour (sp?) -like something has gone horribly wrong. Weird thing is, shock feels/rides fine...
 
might be the needle bearing in the linkage that the bottom shock clevis bolts to. it doesn't have a grease nipple and unless you repack it regularly that bearing can fail.
my TE lasted about 600 klms before i had the same worrying noise, when i pulled it apart there were only a few needle rollers and a lot of grinding paste (dirt and remnants of grease) left!
not expensive to fix but you have to pull the linkage and press a new bearing in, i _think_ i've seen a thread around of someone fitting a grease nipple but i couldn't find a bearing that would allow grease in so i just put it back the way it was, i grease it regularly now with no problems.

paul.
 
Rear shock noise

Hey Guys, the noise is nothing to worry about, The rebound needle is spring loaded and your hearing it flutter when you push on it. Goes away when you ride it. I had a $1200 TTX Ohlins on the back of my KTM and my Husky link Sachs setup blows it away, on my 310.:thumbsup:
 
He said the check ball for rebound is fluttering/sticking. He put a little smaller check ball in there.Shock works perfect.No noise at all.He does great work.Real happy with him. Look him up. LTR suspension. When you call him,Les will anser the phone.
 
loony888;52098 said:
might be the needle bearing in the linkage that the bottom shock clevis bolts to. it doesn't have a grease nipple and unless you repack it regularly that bearing can fail.
my TE lasted about 600 klms before i had the same worrying noise, when i pulled it apart there were only a few needle rollers and a lot of grinding paste (dirt and remnants of grease) left!
not expensive to fix but you have to pull the linkage and press a new bearing in, i _think_ i've seen a thread around of someone fitting a grease nipple but i couldn't find a bearing that would allow grease in so i just put it back the way it was, i grease it regularly now with no problems.

paul.
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That's probably the thread on TT. It's in the 'recommended mods' sticky on the TT Husky forum.(no link at TT is in the middle of a site upgrade right now) You need to carefully cut a small hole in the outer bearing race to allow grease to enter the bearing. The mod works very well. In the same thread is a mod to fit grease fittings on the swingarm pivot. Works very well also.
These mods save a ton of time and money over the life of the bike.
 
I have got 08 txc 250 and hear that same sort of sqorking noise when rear suspension rebounds thought it was dry bearings but when I increase the rebound dampening clickers the noise goes out. This is how i isolated problem to be inside the shock. Shock still works fine, i think John47 is spot on. Would be good to know how to fix it ourselves though. How do you get the rebound dampener adjuster screw out, do you loose oil and gas. Another thing, with adjuster full backed off I have still got a fair bit of dampening going on, is this normal, would Huskyte310's mentioned smaller check ball also fix this.

cheers from Australia
 
Sounds like what i had. I removed the shock from bike and took the spring off. When i push down on the shock i still heard the noise on rebound. I knew it was in the shock. I didn't do the fix my self. I sent the shock to Les at ltr suspention. Les changed the oil and said he put a slightly smaller check ball in. The noise was gone, The shock works great.
 
The Sachs shock has a check valve, some tuners remove it because they tend to make the oil over heat...nothing more than a ball bearing and spring. If you hear it, good chance its time for new oil.
 
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