More broken stuff....

[yakuza]

I went out to the track today to get some practice in for a race next weekend. I got about four laps in (4-5 miles a lap, it's a harescramble course) and I busted a heim joint. My ASR arms have heim joints instead of ball joints, and I thought they were supposed to be pretty bullet proof? I'm getting pretty close to having broken every part on this damn thing, it's starting to get expensive...lol. I guess I'll find out tomorrow if they really do have a lifetime warranty, or they're going to give me the runaround. I'm just glad it didn't let go on the MX part of the track, that could have been ugly

 

[atv]

lol yes it couldove and what kinda quad do u have again>?

 

[yakuza]

This kind:

 

[atv]

ooo lol looks like ur bars are bent a lil

 

[yakuza]

No, it's the stem. I just haven't replaced it yet. I talked to the guy at ASR today, he shipped me a new heim joint today for free. I'm pretty impressed with the service, I thought for sure I'd be paying for it. I also have new shocks that aren't in the pic, I need to take a new one....

 

[boxhead]

Have you been greasing them up lately??? I think you have to grease those constantly.

 

[yakuza]

There's nowhere to grease them, no zerk fittings or anything like that. It's not the actual heim joint that broke, it's the pivot pin. Here's a pic of one:

http://www.amstarmanufacturing.com/images/DSC00257_1_.jpg

There were only four rides on them when it broke, it must have just been a bad part or something. I got a new one in the mail today, two days after calling them, free of charge. Can't complain about that.

 

[yamaharaptor350]

Yakuza, u should cut ure fenders if ure runnin without lights

 

[yakuza]

I've been thinking about it, but I don't know if I want all the extra mud flung in my face. Everybody with cut fenders, do you get a lot more crap thrown up at you?

 

[pelphrey]

I've been thinking about it, but I don't know if I want all the extra mud flung in my face. Everybody with cut fenders, do you get a lot more crap thrown up at you?

Not from the front. The mud comes from the rear where the power is at.

 

[87warrior]

for greasing them ball joints i sue this stuff i get from work called teffgell its relly good i used it on my budys boat lift for in the salt water and it helped the rolers keep from sticking for a year with onley one use of it and we wuse it at work for the lift and stuff that pivits and odds and ends its rellly good stuff

 

[yakuza]

Thanks, I'll have to look around for the teffgell. I know sometimes when it's greasy out and I have the fronts turned, I get sprayed with a little bit of crap. I figured it would be a lot worse with the fenders cut. Maybe if I get a chance this weekend I'll cut them and post up some pics....lol.