went out to a local track to practice and skill up on the woops and stuff
mainly riding the woops all day and after washing down the ride today this is what i discovered :shocker: :icon_neutral:
:icon_frown:
so i can say with confidence that the woops caused this since the track was flooded out in most section and really all i was riding was that and a high speed step up double double over and over...
******* QUESTION: is welding it up a good fix? has anyone had thier swinger fixed this way? how long did it last? **********
I know i can just buy " :blahblah: " swinger and never look back but thats more $ then i really feel like dumping off... and looking for a quick fix if possible
They don't last forever. Especially MX or jumping. I've seen a broken swinger from just about every manufacturer. Walsh, Leagar, Roll, HRP, Lonestar, etc.
You can have it welded, but your welder has to be extremely talented, and it has to be re-heat treated.
thats common on yfz when u do a lot of big jumps an aalot of whoops they crack there thats y alot of guys paint them so they can see it better but i always seen it do a x there not just one i would just buy a new stocker
I've broken 4 stock ones in 5 weeks before, now i have a lonestar on one race quad and a laeger's on the other and i can tell you that laeger's has a far better design and there brake plate moves the caliper further back and down on the rotor to minimize exhaust damage from the caliper.
i have a lonestar on one race quad and a laeger's on the other and i can tell you that laeger's has a far better design and there brake plate moves the caliper further back and down on the rotor to minimize exhaust damage from the caliper.[/b]
It must be a newer Laeger. A guy that used to race with us had one, and it broke during a race. It broke the linkage mount clean off the swing arm. When he got it back to the truck, I went and looked at it and I wasn't impressed with the design of his Laeger swing arm AT ALL. I remember thinking how much more I liked the design of my LSR I had at the time. Of course that was a long time ago, so Laeger could have changed their design.
But yeah, it was more common on the '04. The '04 OEM swing arms were JUNK!! I lost count of how many I have seen break. They were a little better on the '05 but I've still seen a few of them break. Then they were a little better (even had a better chain adjustment) on the '06. I've seen a couple of '06s break, but not many at all. From what I've seen, MOST racers that has an '06+ YFZ were keeping the stock swing arm. I mean, ANY swing arm can be broken in the right conditions, but some are more prone to it than others. If you were building a skyscraper and took some left over I-beam to make a swing arm, I've got a friend that could break it. :mhihi: He's spent enough money on swing arms, carriers, and axles that he could build another quad.
well i do have a full 08 rear end coming so soon you wont be able to tell what freaking year it is haha!
u'll have to decode the vin. but i could still tell... seat, bar clamp size, rear shock link, motor covers color, motors bolt color, rear brake resie ... awh so many little things :disgust:
Very nice weld/plate job. Hope that thing holds up and that i knew your welder. lol
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