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

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TE 449 - dirt and water under the rear fender

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amber

Husqvarna
A Class
Yesterday I opened the rear fender of my TE 449 and I found a lot of mud in the small chambers of the Internal rear mudguard. And there are lot of chambers!

I drilled very small holes in two chambers but the mud closed the holes very fast. There are no drainage for the water. Anyone have a solution for that problem?
 
If it is not load bearing and just cosmetic I would drill larger holes. Alternatively I would seek out where the mud incursion originated and seal it off with silicone after cleaning the internal void first.
 
Alberto said:
where is that mud stored, can you post a pic?
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Alberto, on both ends of the 449/511 the fenders are 2-piece and hollow. Also remember their tanks are under the seat. And the rear fender on your bike (a TE right?) has a hollow created by the space for the taillight- and this can collect mud too. TC's don't have this.

When I was considering putting the 511 front fender on my 310 (I don't really like it's stock fender; I'm going with a CRF red fender I think) I realized that you might be able to put tools in that area. I passed that hint on to my son, but I don't think he's totally on board with the idea.... anybody else try it? I'm kinda a advocate of storing hard tools on the bike for safety reasons, but the airbox area is a little crowded now (especially with my new 2 fl. oz. radiator overflow tank) so I'm a bit concerned about the engine being able to breathe. Anybody got any hints for placing a few small tools? I'll probably end up with something on the rear fender.

anyway, here's the page from the parts manual:


husky 511 fenders.png
 
amber said:
Yesterday I opened the rear fender of my TE 449 and I found a lot of mud in the small chambers of the Internal rear mudguard. And there are lot of chambers!

I drilled very small holes in two chambers but the mud closed the holes very fast. There are no drainage for the water. Anyone have a solution for that problem?
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hmmm. I'd make the holes bigger than 3mm (I hate to say it but: at the lowest portion of each chamber) and then lightly pack closed-cell foam into the spaces. We are talking about the area that the red arrow is pointing at, yes?

husky te 511 fender.png


good luck.
 
There are a few picks here. They don't really show deep the pockets are but you'll get an idea.

http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/449-511-rear-rack.40862/#post-397308

Never found a real solution for this.
That area will hold a fair bit of mud and really requires disassembly to be cleaned properly.
Fairly quick job if you don't have a rack...

I did end up switching to high quality weatherproof connectors for my tail and signal lights.
Never had a problem but didn't like having so much water and crap around those connections.
 
I understand now.. yes, seems a design fault(?) that the rear mudguard its a mud storage.. maybe there should be a way to seal both pieces of the fender
 
I would suggest using some spray foam to fill those pockets in the mudguard. The spray foam is very light (it's full of pockets of air), so it's not adding much weight at all and will fill those voids so you don't get mud/dirt/water in them. The foam will 'overfill' the pockets, then you just use a knife to slice the top off to make the top part of the foam nice and flat and level with the rest of the mudguard/tailpiece.
 
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