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Offline 6.5

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Broken lower shock stud k75
« on: December 26, 2012, 11:34:36 PM »
Bought my K75RT a few weeks ago and rode it home 100 miles at 75 mph. The bike has not been ridden since then due to weather. Today I started to do the spline lube and looked down and Noticed that bolt was loose for my shock. Upon further inspection I noticed that the shock stud was broke. Pulled away shock and found out that the stud is broke off in the final drive unit. I am taking it to a machine shop in the morning, hope this doesn't turn out to be an unreliable machine
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Offline 6.5

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Re: Broken lower shock stud k75
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2012, 08:55:31 PM »
Quote from: 6.5 on December 26, 2012, 11:34:36 PM
Bought my K75RT a few weeks ago and rode it home 100 miles at 75 mph. The bike has not been ridden since then due to weather. Today I started to do the spline lube and looked down and Noticed that bolt was loose for my shock. Upon further inspection I noticed that the shock stud was broke. Pulled away shock and found out that the stud is broke off in the final drive unit. I am taking it to a machine shop in the morning, hope this doesn't turn out to be an unreliable machine

Machinist got broke stud out. Cut off 8.8 M12 bolt and I am good to go.
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Offline Chaos

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Re: Broken lower shock stud k75
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2012, 10:43:21 PM »
I bet someone over torqued the bejeeazees out of that poor bolt.  :eek2: Lucky you found it when you did
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Re: Broken lower shock stud k75
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2012, 11:14:00 PM »
I'd guess the threads would strip before you could overtorque it enough to weaken it to the point where it would shear under normal riding conditions.

Or maybe a PO replaced it with a weaker one?

Or maybe it was just bad steel....

Who knows?

Anyhow, I wouldn't let this one anomaly skew your perception on K bikes' reliability.
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Re: Broken lower shock stud k75
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2012, 12:01:13 AM »
Not that unusual...in another forum this have happened to a few of the members,
some while driving  :yow.

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Re: Broken lower shock stud k75
« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2012, 12:24:44 AM »
Quote from: Inge K. on December 28, 2012, 12:01:13 AM
Not that unusual...in another forum this have happened to a few of the members,
some while driving  :yow.

Inge K.

I don't think it started happening until the US started exporting obesity via McDonalds.  :yes

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Re: Broken lower shock stud k75
« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2012, 12:42:04 AM »
Quote from: Inge K. on December 28, 2012, 12:01:13 AM
in another forum this have happened to a few of the members,

All of them is Aussies...............don't know if they got especially crappy roads down there.

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Re: Broken lower shock stud k75
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2012, 05:35:01 AM »
Crappy roads.

Pot holes sooo big, you need to put your lights on just to find your way out of them!
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Re: Broken lower shock stud k75
« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2012, 05:54:23 AM »
That's why lights is mandatory on in Norway.

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