Anyone got a pic of where they crack, I'm not sure if mine is scratched or cracked
This is it
Hi Bob,
I would say that both marks are from a scratch or small amount of corrosion in the grain either way the fact that they are running horizontal to the swing arm they should not catastrophically fail as would a crack in the vertical plane.
Cheers,
Rick
Are there any symptoms
@RickC ? I.E. what brought it to your attention ? :confused1:
@Speedy1959 had pictures
His cracked around the bearing rather than where the marks are on your swingarm
@Bob .
I think there was a thread here and I'll add the link if I can find it .
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@Bob here's the link with pictures
http://gsx1400owners.org/forum/index.php?topic=2412.0
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Cheers Seth it was after you saying last, I night thought better have a closer look, it's not like speedys so all is good.
Speedys isnt like Speedys any more since he bought a replacement swing arm from a kind forum member.. :imrgreen:
Indeed and in a Lovely shade of black
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Quote from: GSXKING on Thursday, 19 September 2019, 08:57 PM
Are there any symptoms @RickC ? I.E. what brought it to your attention ? :confused1:
Hi Chris,
I don't have a cracked swingarm, Just going off Bob's picture - I thought he was talking about the red circled area which would give plenty of warning before it failed with deformation being evident long before a break, the yellow circled area could also be a crack but I suspect that it is just where the coating has not taken over a dirty weld.
Cheers,
Rick
Hey Rick, it was the top red circle area I was talking about, the yellow circle is just mank, crud, dirt from it sitting about uncleaned
Hi Bob,
That looks like a mark in the grain of the aluminium, It's not where I would expect to see a crack and if it was would get a lot worse before giving concern.
A crack in the vertical plane runs the risk of a swingarm snapping, a crack in the horizontal plane still has the strength of the aluminium above and below it and would normally deform before total failure.
Cheers,
Rick