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Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

So what happened? Did it just break right at the weld from bad penetration? Or did the heat weaken the metal until it snapped or something?

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Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

I think he said he has a TIG? Technique is super important in that case. Clearly more heat is required though, yeah.

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

That super super sucks. I'm glad your wife is okay, but man, what a disaster, after all that work you put into the bike. And as a birthday(?) present too.

I certainly never would have expected the axle block there to just...fall off. My CL350 has the same design and I never noticed any loosening up over several thousand miles of on- and off-road riding. Always seemed plenty solid. I feel like I have to go and recheck it now before I ride the bike again. Yikes.

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