• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

  • 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.

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    Thanks for your patience and support!

What rear shocks do I have here?

cruisetopdown

cruisetopdown

Husqvarna
AA Class
I have recently picked up a '78/'79 (MM frame/2065 engine) 250 OR and am in the middle of a complete restoration. I am planning to ride/race it and am looking hard at the suspension. It has the '78 non-remote shocks on the rear which are toast and need to be rebuilt, but I searched around and cannot determine what they are....they have a light blue body, 2 piece springs (long red/short black) with no spacer. The have what appears to be an aluminum collar with a single hole in it that is obviously for a tool to grab into. What do I have hear? and what can I do to bring them back to like new condition.
As always, thanks for the help.
Wade
 
I have a 79 wr and it came with curnutts and I think a lot of husky's did come with those, wr and or . So you know what everyone is gonna tell you (pics please) hope fully they are good for the racing and riding you want to do.
 
84scrambler said:
I have a 79 wr and it came with curnutts and I think a lot of husky's did come with those, wr and or . So you know what everyone is gonna tell you (pics please) hope fully they are good for the racing and riding you want to do.
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my 79 250wr had ohlins as OEM
 
They sound like Curnutts with blue bodies. Drew is much closer to you for rebuilding. I do them also but I am in California. I have most of the NOS parts that were left from the factory when Charlie got out of the bike stuff. I was the last employee in 1982.

Scott
 
I just realized I never posted pictures.....
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The Curnutts were not blue originally. The year you have the shocks were a lighter machine grey. There really is no "certain" factory color. The closest thing I have found in a rattle can is a Rustoleum winter gray. The later springs were kind of an Apple Red.
 
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