KX Riders

Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: kiwimonster on April 06, 2009, 07:44:50 PM

Title: broken wishbone
Post by: kiwimonster on April 06, 2009, 07:44:50 PM

Anyone ever had this problem with were the shock bolts to the wishbone under the swing arm mine shatered the bearing and the alloy cracked . maybe im just too damm fat and squashed the poor bloody thing does any company make an aftermarket one or should i stick to oem. cheers kiwimonster :roll:

Title: Re: broken wishbone
Post by: KXcam22 on April 07, 2009, 02:28:37 AM

Kiwi,
  I would call that one rare. Possibly a hidden flaw in the casting. Cam.

Title: Re: broken wishbone
Post by: Charlie500 on April 08, 2009, 05:31:20 PM

Quote from: kiwimonster on April 06, 2009, 07:44:50 PM

Anyone ever had this problem with were the shock bolts to the wishbone under the swing arm mine shatered the bearing and the alloy cracked . maybe im just too damm fat and squashed the poor bloody thing does any company make an aftermarket one or should i stick to oem. cheers kiwimonster :roll:

I know that those lower shock bearings are usually the first to dry up in all the linkage and swing arm bearings... You need to keep them greased pretty frequently... I have had to replace my lower shock bearings before all the other bearings on every bike I have ever owned....