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300ex_#387
03-01-2006, 05:15 PM
Okay at the races last weekend my rear shock came apart on a jump and crushed my airbox and bent my subframe. The shaft came unscrewed from the bottom mount, and the sping and everything fell out. It did this before so we just put some thread tape and loc-tighted it and put it back together. What is another way I can get it to work? I also am missing the plate that goes inbetween the spring and the bottom mount. Does anyone know where I can get one of those?
big_saxy
03-01-2006, 08:21 PM
yikes, i hope that doesn't happen to me. Mine came apart and i put thread lock on it just like you.
hardkoratvmxr
03-01-2006, 08:23 PM
mine also came apart and i just put the strongest loc tite on it and got her as tight as i could. i wonder why they come apart like that
300ex_#387
03-02-2006, 05:18 AM
I have no clue, but that landing sure was rough. Bent my subframe, cruched airbox, crushed my airfilter even, and put a couple good dents in my swingarm.
Sjorge450R
03-02-2006, 12:19 PM
what part is coming apart. Just so that I know so I can check mine.....:ermm:
300ex_#387
03-02-2006, 04:14 PM
The shaft is coming unscrewed from the bottom mount. I guess it vibrates itself loose or somthing. It looks like my threads are shot on mine, so I'm going to have to figure somthing else out.
coolex
03-03-2006, 03:11 PM
my freinds did it to in the woops oh and it was messy
300ex_#387
03-03-2006, 05:50 PM
Well I watched the tape of that race today, and it looks like I jumped 2 jumps without that shock. Just wondered if anyone had any other ideas on anyway to get the shock to stay together?
Sjorge450R
03-03-2006, 08:34 PM
i hope this doesnt happen to me......i have no cash as it is.
hardkoratvmxr
03-04-2006, 07:08 AM
just loc tite the threads and get it as tight as you can
300ex_#387
03-04-2006, 07:21 AM
The threads are shot. Somone told me I could prolly get it Heli-coiled, but im not sure if they can do that to that shaft.
jas250r
03-04-2006, 12:41 PM
i don't know about the heli coil but what about tig welding the shaft to the lower mount for now, and when you rebuild replace the shaft if you? or a combination of the two heli and weld? i think that would be alot of stress for the heli-coil to stand up too, but that's just my 2 cents
300ex_#387
03-04-2006, 02:12 PM
Well the bottom mount is made of aluminum. Could I weld those two together?
jas250r
03-05-2006, 04:57 PM
no probably not forgot that the bottom was alum. try the heil coil maybe with a set screw drilled and taped to help it from unscrewing or a hole all the way threw with say an 1/8 spring pin with loctite to hold it in along with the spring pin itself. just throwing stuff out there, probably all bad ideas!