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SirAndy |
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so on my way to the AX saturday i noticed a "clunk" sound from the frontend, like i had lost something.
i had this happen before, bolt came lose on the swaybar droplink, so i thought that was it ... when i get to the AX site and change tires, i see the droplink hanging all weird so i take a closer look and the lower hime joint has broken. the thread just snapped off the joint. i then continue to change the tire on the other side and it's exactly the same! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif) both hime joints broke in the exact same location. that seems too odd to be coincidence. i must have hit something *really* hard for that to happen, but i can't remember running over any bad potholes etc. anyone else had problems before? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/unsure.gif) Andy |
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It's tough to tell from the pics (mostly due to the rust or whatever is there), but I don't see the "broach marks" that signal a progressive failure. Then again, my main examples are from Carroll Smith's books, and those may have been spiffed up for photographing. Anyway, it looks like a one-time catastrophic failure to me.
Would it make sense to trim town the tops of the "U" to get back your full range of adjustment, once the tabs are the correct way around? Or perhaps to make them wider, and use thicker spacers? I'm just trying to toss ideas around. --DD |
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