beacuse you need to heat treat it. Its still soft after you weld.Ive always been told that once aluminum breaks - done; barring a whole lot of gusset work, time to look for a new ride.
Glad to be proven wrong tho.
I think,frame broken because i'll push rearima paint yo lips son with a right that'll push in your fronts.
Haven't you got some Evil cock to suck?ima paint yo lips son with a right that'll push in your fronts.
This is a good point. I bet there must by a ton of fronts to be had...You mostly hear about cracked rear triangles on those bikes, it should be easy to find an un-cracked front triangle.
Im a multi-tasker, are you done being made to look like a gigantic blubbering idiot in the V10 thread already? Trying to look like an asshole everywhere huh?Haven't you got some Evil cock to suck?
You mean done with a perfectly civil exchange in the v10 thread? No I'm probably not. Not sure how it makes me a giant blubbering idiot arsehole, but I'm sure you would know.Im a multi-tasker, are you done being made to look like a gigantic blubbering idiot in the V10 thread already? Trying to look like an asshole everywhere huh?
I don't know, mayby 2 parts are made from another material???This is a good point. I bet there must by a ton of fronts to be had...
I've managed to not break mine yet... *knocks wood*
They're great bikes.
yeah, i think they came from the same factory in madagascar as empire framesiirc, they were cast iron
??? I bought from randallscott ->http://www.rscycle.com/ , shock was installed upside down,Maybe its because you installed your shock upside down!
have you got any pictures (rear triangle cracked )Happened to me too about six months ago. First the rear triangle cracked at the usual spot (in the rear triangle, where the right chainstay meets the vertical tube), and then at the very same spot as yours. A competent welder has fixed mine, previously heating the zone to prevent any stress damages. He also heat-treated the zone after welding it (not the whole front triangle, which should have been the right thing to to, but we weren't unable to do it for obvious reasons).
As I said, so far it's been hanging on... But I don't know how long it will last.
When the first crack appeared, I started searching online for similar cases, and stumbled upon a thread on MTBR where a guy who used to work for IH detailed failures every frame would show, due to improper welding or poor QC. This was because IH changed many times their frame suppliers in the last three years of its existence. Sadly, I couldn't find that thread again. It would have been useful, since you could mix and match front and rear triangles from different years to try to get a solid combination...
hey buckshot. He obviously didnt listen to me when i told him his re weld failed beacuse there is no treatment to the weld area.That's the way, be a dick to a guy for whom English is obviously a 2nd language. 'k'n oath and you think I'm a blathering idiot.
this picture isn't from my frame but i cracked mine a little while ago, asked around, and a guy on here sent me this...have you got any pictures (rear triangle cracked )
That doesn't work. The vertical tube is butted, meaning the wall gets thinner as you go far from the weld, so it will eventually crack right after the gusset... The one in this picture was re-welded two times, each one with bigger gussets...this picture isn't from my frame but i cracked mine a little while ago, asked around, and a guy on here sent me this...View attachment 112591
i didn't try it yet...i just bought another mkiii on pinkbike and am going to get the old one welded after i get the new one together.