Reply With QuoteThat sucks man! Free Spirits is an Italian Company. Here's their site.
Good luck! Let us know if they take care of you...
5-0dro
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Check this failure out!
OK guys,
Ever seen this before?
Info: Previous owner installed sometime before 10,xxx miles.
bike had 18,xxx miles when it let go. I wasn't even riding hard or fast, thankfully!!! And was able to limp it home with a loose belt.
Some of you may notice a few things about these pics that are unsettling. And by that I mean the way the bracket was made.
If you look at where the sliding roll pin is used. It is located near the thinnest point of the radius of the hole = Fail.
Also looking at how thin the ED (edge distance) is at where it broke. There is no clearance issue with the belt or bracket where it broke... So why would you have such a small ED at the point of stress?? AND then drill a hole in it for a pin!?!? Makes no sense to me. Having worked in sheet metal and with milled aluminium, this really scares me to be riding on at 100+mph. This certainly wouldn't pass muster at work, Or any machine shop I know of.
Thoughts Plz?
,Cheers
P.S Can any one tell me who makes this (is Free Spirits HD?) or give me a e-mail to contact manufacture?
That sucks man! Free Spirits is an Italian Company. Here's their site.
Good luck! Let us know if they take care of you...
5-0dro
www.5-0dro.com
Is it the pic or did that thing get hot? it looks burned around the break area.
Yes. The heat of the muffler did change the colour of the anodising. That bracket sits close to the stock muffler. Shouldn't have weakened the aluminium though.
Just installed one of these on my xb ! You have a very valid point about pin location wonder what the warr. is on these things. Thanks for the heads up.
Did the pulley wheel come off and hit the road? i'd check it good for damage (dings, nicks etc) if your going to re-use it.
@ Joel9 No it didn't thankfully, Just hung there till I took it off. At first I thought the spring just gave out. Didn't see the separation till I got it off.
@ 5-0dro Thank you for the site link. I just typed up an E-mail and will let everyone know what I hear back.
Please do.I just typed up an E-mail and will let everyone know what I hear back.
Your not alone on this one. I'm on my second tensioner.
My failure was similar to yours.
Wow that sucks! Nitto, did they replace it for you?
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