[Lelandjt]

My friend cracked his 36 160 lowers and I'm trying to help him find out how much a replacement will cost but my Google skills are sucking. Can anyone point me toward new or used lowers?

 

[canadmos]

http://www.pinkbike.com/buysell

http://www.ridefox.com/service.php?m=bike&ref=servicehome

I'd personally start there...

 

[Lelandjt]

Thanks for trying to help but I already checked the common MTB classifieds, ebay, and google shopping. Nothing. I'm gonna call Fox tomorrow from my shop for their price on new lowers and axle. I was just hoping someone would magically find a set that my googling missed.

 

[blindboxx2334]

kinda surprised that there wasnt any on PB..

oh and how does one crack a lower? dropouts? crown? i also read something about cracking a 40 lower not too long ago. have never herd of that up until that point.

 

[Lelandjt]

I think the crack in in the dropout area. This is an '07 TALAS with standard bolt style thru-axle. Maybe from over tightening the pinch bolts.

 

[canadmos]

Yeah I think on the older ones it was pretty easy to over tighten the bolts on the axle and crack the drop outs a bit.

For what its worth...

http://www.mojostore.co.uk/acatalog/36-Lowers.html

http://activesport.co.uk/shop/article_820-00-832/Fox-Forx-36-160-QR20-Lowers---Black.html?sessid=hTwuwOrgaBW3vnlPvl5Q9wE5phx6N7Szted427pqGLgdldPyQERrbt9Vz8qUWWXS&shop_param=cid=3227&aid=820-00-832&

But you are obviously not in Europe. Maybe check with Cambria, they seem to have a lot of Fox parts on their website.

http://www.cambriabike.com/shopexd.asp?id=168757 Talas lowers.

http://www.cambriabike.com/shopexd.asp?id=168755

 

[Lelandjt]

Thanks, those are the 2 options I wanted to give him and that's more convenient than having to drive up to my shop to get them.

 

[jackalope]

Probably not endorsed by the surgeon general, but I rode my old 36 for several years with a crack in the clamp area, with no issues. In fact, the fork may see life again on suboptimus's hardtail.

 

[Dogboy]

Probably not endorsed by the surgeon general, but I rode my old 36 for several years with a crack in the clamp area, with no issues. In fact, the fork may see life again on suboptimus's hardtail.

Hopefully that dropout won't pop off on a lander resulting in tens of thousands of $$$ in hospital bills.