Have anybody heard about cracked Karpel's ?
Especially about the Disco Volante...
Eli.
Especially about the Disco Volante...
Eli.
Cracked Karpiel's...
- Thread starter Eli Veksler
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The Karpiels I heard that cracked is around the head tube gusset area. For the most part they are very durable frames.
Eli Veksler said:
the disco weakspot is the head tube area, the rest of the front and the swingarm are very very tough, so if youre looking to buy an used one, check that part out first.
post back if you need any more help or pm me.
Jm_ said:
yea that happened after a good amount of abuse, but only on the older 3/8" ID bearing pivots, did your friend use chainring bolts or rotor bolts in his pivot axles?
it was older, but i have no idea what bolts were in there...this was like 3 years agovitox said:
this guy was just not an abusive rider though, and he was real light to boot. just wierd that it would do that given how little abuse he could dish out (didn't do drops, didn't go mach9)...
Yup, headtube. Also minute cracks on the upper linkage plates that only progress to a certain point but don't affect anything.
Jm_ said:it was older, but i have no idea what bolts were in there...this was like 3 years ago
this guy was just not an abusive rider though, and he was real light to boot. just wierd that it would do that given how little abuse he could dish out (didn't do drops, didn't go mach9)...
yea youre right it should definitely happen under mild riding, easy enough fix though, no tools needed other than a t25 and a vise, or a bfh.