rear sprocket wobbly

[warwgn]

anybody else ever shear off the bolts holding on the sprocket??? I started taking off the swingarm to replace with a +1.5" and when I took off the wheels the holes were egg shaped instead of round. And thats also when I noticed that 3 of the 6 bolts holding the sprocket on had sheared off!! Guess I just got too much power

[JET 99]

havent seen anyone reply yet! so here is the deal:

 

Your axle locknuts are they loose?

when was the last time you checked or replaced the bearings and seals on your carrier?

 

Is your axle rocking side to side when up off ground?

 

loose nuts or bad bearings and or wore out faces where bearings ride on axle.

 

 

that pretty much covers it!

 

 

 

Jim

[Old Two-Smoke]

anybody else ever shear off the bolts holding on the sprocket??? I started taking off the swingarm to replace with a +1.5" and when I took off the wheels the holes were egg shaped instead of round. And thats also when I noticed that 3 of the 6 bolts holding the sprocket on had sheared off!! Guess I just got too much power

488334[/snapback]

 

I dont think power is your problem, you need to start doing some maintainence. If you where taking care of your bike like a good owner should, you would have caught that along time ago. Look it over after you ride every time. She will reward you for a long time.

[racer]

Look it over after you ride every time. She will reward you for a long time. 

488777[/snapback]

i concur. every time i go for a quick ride i look it over. but it gets a full prep before every dune trip.

[warwgn]

everything is tight, or was tight, the bearings and axel are fine for stock. This all happened the last time I rode( except the egg shaping of the wheels I'm sure that took some time, but I rarely take the wheels off). I tried to take the last 3 lug nout out and they all snapped as well, I think I will go get some grade 8 bolts for the next assembly.

 

My quad is a torque monster, and I ride it like I stole it from somebody else who stole it. I use it for desert racing, so I do check it over before and after each race, and before every time I practice ride. Last time out everything looked fine, but I over rode the stock suspension one to many times and wound up with a compressed disc in my lower back so it has been sitting for 3 months untill now and this is the first time I have messed with it since then. But everthing is getting upgraded now, as a desert racer I went backwards, I built the motor first and now I am getting to the suspension.