Wednesday, August 24, 2011

swingarm repair

My awesome little bro gave me the yz250 I'm riding. Thanks again buddy! The only issue with the bike was that the swingarm had a crack just off the weld that sits immediately ahead of the shock link mount. The crack was on the outside face of the swingarm and spanned the full height of the weld.


I drilled the crack out on each end with a 1/4" drill bit and gouged the crack with a Dremel. I ran a single downhand pass with a 230v Miller spool gun, 0.035 wire dia. 100% argon shielding gas. Probably 2 dozen rides on it now, no MX, just trail at Walker Valley and its holding up great.



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