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Seems to be alot of issues surfacing this year.
Alpha broken rail picture bank.
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What is causing this? What is hitting the rail?
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Not snow
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Front part is from the front shock bottoming.
Rear bolt breaking is from the bushing binding and twisting the bolt off.
Rear scissor bracket is cracking because it can't handle the rebound forces.
My initial thoughts anyway.
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Rail needs to be made outta carbon fiber.
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I feel like a one piece design may have less failure points. I'm no engineer though.
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I honestly can't believe that rear bracket broke off. I drilled the rivets out of mine and chiseled it off the get a broken bolt and extractor out this morning. It took some pretty nasty smashes with a decent sized hammer to break that glue off. I was pretty surprised how tough it was.
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If you look at the area that's circled, it looks like it took a solid hit, possibly from bottoming out quite hard.
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That picture has the same anodized big wheel kit as the one with the rail snapped clean in half. Wonder if it was the same dude.
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I would say that's from the arm coming down and bottoming out when it broke
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Hard to say which came first, the chicken or the egg...
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There does seam to be an issue with the hardcore front shock valving a springs, but why pull every photo you can find on faceplant and post them on here? It highly distorts the sample size.... And no one can speak to what might have actually happened to cause the breakage.
The guy with the rail in 6 pieces claimed he was just riding around in soft snow and it fell apart lol.
The guy with the rail in 6 pieces claimed he was just riding around in soft snow and it fell apart lol.
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Um...because that was the whole purpose of this thread?
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The top sled brass don’t always hear about the sled issues right away. They rely on dealers, dealers reps and customer care to to tell them. There’s too much time lost cause people are scared of their jobs and they don’t always want to admit there is a problem. Ie-alpha Rails and clutches.
Snow and Mud is known for good sled info. This is the best place for manufacturers to see firsthand what is happening almost up to the minute.
My point is, this forum is monitored by the manufacturers so they will see it here before it hits the dealer. In addition, a customer can come on S&M and copy the pics. When manufacturer says they haven’t seen that problem before, pull out pics of many of the same issue. Now you may have a better case. This saves sleddrs time also so you don’t have to search the net for pics for hours.
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Looks like this one had a TKI brace kit on?
I agree it’s important to share the carnage. No different when the 13 pro was snapping drive shafts, we got the clamp. Or the 17 G4 with the bulkheads and belts. I think we will see lots of failures on the skid. Not because it’s junk but it needs a little more attention than a traditional skid. Keep your shock pressures up and don’t drive down a whooped out trail at 100 km/h. Hopefully iceage comes out with a bomber monorail. I think a carbon fibre rail will be priced for the rich and famous.
I agree it’s important to share the carnage. No different when the 13 pro was snapping drive shafts, we got the clamp. Or the 17 G4 with the bulkheads and belts. I think we will see lots of failures on the skid. Not because it’s junk but it needs a little more attention than a traditional skid. Keep your shock pressures up and don’t drive down a whooped out trail at 100 km/h. Hopefully iceage comes out with a bomber monorail. I think a carbon fibre rail will be priced for the rich and famous.
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