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@mcfreeak
SubscriberI am working on a vengeance chopper softail that brakes it’s shock bolts every couple of thousand miles. It brakes one or the other front bolts. I added a safety plate ( I can’t believe it came without one) so I won’t pogo on a shock anymore when it brakes but I can’t figure out why it breaks bolts. The bolts are good quality. The shocks are fine (I even took one apart to see if it was long enough when the swing arm bottomed out). The swing arm stoppers are fine ,the shocks are aligned.
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@venmc
AdministratorStop riding off curbs…no fat chicks on the back?? (Sorry I couldn’t resist making a wise-a$$ comment its a Holiday weekend.) But seriously, the Daytec frames all came with color-matched shock plates that bolt into the welded-in mounting block in front of the shocks. That’s there to keep from tearing the shock apart if you high-side. I assume there are no trauma marks on the frame so the shock is resisting stretching more than the bolt is resisting breaking. It sounds like you’ve inspected all the culprits… Replace the shocks.
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@headjanitor
EditorWhat’s the eye to eye measurement of your shocks when they are off the bike?
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@mcfreeak
SubscriberShocks full expanded 12.25
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@chopnoh10
SubscriberI’ve gone through the shock bolt breakage, the rubber eyelets the shock bolts go through wear out & get egg shaped causing play while extended or contracted. The side shear stress on the mount bolts makes them break, the bolts are #8 tinsel strength a very strong but brittle. Also the shock length is important to undo shear bolt pressure. Progressive sells new eyelet rubber grommets, they have to be pressed in, I changed my 03 Warrior at 5k and currently have 26k with no problems. You can put adjustable lowering rod ends on the shocks to insure you have the propper shock length to the Daytec frame travel. Good luck bro-Vengeance riders. 😉
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@chopnoh10
SubscriberOH yeh, Steve is correct….NO FAT CHICKS!!!! And wheelies only off of curbs! Part of the Vengeance Code 😛
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@venmc
Administrator>the rubber eyelets the shock bolts go through wear out & get
>egg shaped causing play while extended or contracted.Good advice… very interesting. Thx.
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@mcfreeak
SubscriberShock rubbers and sleeves are like new.
If it happens again I will probubly change the shocksloop-single-reply.php
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