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god damn sherco! expensive problem!


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well, my sherco has let me down yet again.

was riding around at the weekend, nothing spectacular as im just a begginer really, only been riding a year.

my mate shouts over to me that my chain looked slack, so i stopped to have a look, what a shock i got... this is what i found.

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no idea why its failed, i didnt fall off, drop the bike, smack it off anytihng..

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WELL I'D CHECK OUT IF A 2001 IS THE SAME AS A 2004 OR AS DAMN NEAR AS MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO SART WITH. IF THAT IS A NON RUNNER I'D FIND A DECENT ALLOY WELDER. LOOKING CLOSELY UT LOOKS SIMLY LIKE THE METAL HAS FRACTURES RATHER THAN BEEN SHEARED OR TORN OFF. HAD THE SAME HAPPEN ON A BIKE I'D HAD AS A RESULT OF A WHOOPING GREAT WHACK IT HAD HAD MONTHS EARLIER.

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Looks like someone slipped a gas gas arm in there while you weren't looking :P

That arm in the ebay ad won't fit, the rear brake was mounted above the arm instead of being tucked away. Your rear wheel won't fit in there unfortunately

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Well....this is unfortunately one of the things that can happen when you try to keep everything as light as possible. I would have the broken area welded and ride it while you watch for a reasonably priced replacement. The broken area be ground down in a "V" to allow good penetration and a weld that passes as far down as possible. Then as suggested previously - have additional aluminum welded on the top and bottom as a reinforcement.

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