How does this happen?

[trx450jason]

Any ever seen something like this before? I thought the bearings just went bad so we took it into the shop to get it fixed and they found this.

[exrider44]

Nice! I never seen that before. Thats the stock one right?

[trx450jason]

2 I have no idea how this happend since I didn't wreck so i must have rode it like this for a while.

[trx450jason]

Originally posted by exrider44
Nice! I never seen that before. Thats the stock one right?

Yes. 300 dollars just for a new carrier and the labor fee just for it was about the same :rolleyes:

[culookn]

i think maybe just normal wear and tear. dont they have grease fittings on them?

[TRX250R87]

$300 for a carrier? YOu can get a new billet carrier on ebay for $125.
ERIC

[450 Racer R]

looks like maybe one end seized up.

[450R_Honda_PA]

As much as I really hate to say it......... those stock carriers are junk. they're cast aluminum. The bearings on my stock carrier went out and it brok the whole end of the carrier off. Burgard cycles sells carriers for like $150. They are billet aluminum and much better than the stock ones. watch yourself on ebay carriers b/c my friend picked one up on there and he had to machine to get the spacing right. my 2 cents.

[Moto92]

Thats what riding out at dirt riders will do for you :blah:

[450robot]

to me it looks like a bad casting...

cast metal (what your carrier is made of) is very sensitive, and can shatter under extreme heat it uffed up enough

your bearing probabbly seized, heated the metal, and then shattered when you hit a bump

and i would never pay $300 for a stock carrier, id rather go out and buy a dual row from lonestar for a much less price, with added protection and strength

[hondardr4life]

Well, the exact same thing happened to my friends 300ex. You should have bought an aftermarket carrier, and did all the work yourself. You would have saved a TON on money.

[redrider9045]

well right there were the crack is there like a open section in the swingarm sumtin could have hit it cracked it and eventually wore it down

[eastside 400]

not trying to be rude but you got ripped off, like everyone else said, billet carriers with doublerow width bearings are only 150-180 depending on brand, and labor 300$$, damn, it takes a while to get the locknut off but after that its cake, i wonder how many hours the shop put into that one, its pretty obvious what happened to it, theres not much else that can be wrong when the axle stops and you hear grinding from the swingarm cuz theres no way that it didnt make a sound

[ESrider]

I've seen a fair amount of people break their stock carrier in the 450R. If you replaced it with another factory carrier you may want to keep your eye out for an aftermarket carrier as it will probably happen again.

you got owned for $300. Fixing it is easy and a good thing to know how to do, helps you know everything about the rear end of your 450r. Aftermarket carriers are like $125 and they are alot better then the stock ones

[fasterz]

Yep it broke in the first week, this ***** shattered. I got the one on ebay from hellbound for 125 and its actually a burguard. Works great with no problems