Cracked Carbon Tube

[Adam12]

My brother’s Axys went into the woods the other day. Hits to a-arms and a glancing blow to the bumper. A-arms are fine, BH is fine and the only damage we thought we have is the white plastic nosepan.

Is this a common failure point? We can’t see the crack opening up when moving things around. It was a previous demo sled and we wondering if this happened recently or likely before.

What kind of hit would cause this?

Thanks in advance.


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[ullose272]

Pretty common if its impacted like that. You can get some aluminum tube and replace the carbon with it. Or buy another overstructure

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[MKULTRA]

I broke both upper structure on my pro ride with no major hit

you could replace only the broken tube with a matching diameter aluminum tube

 

[Adam12]

I broke both upper structure on my pro ride with no major hit

you could replace only the broken tube with a matching diameter aluminum tube

Thanks for the info. Now that I'm home I'm digging around some more. Is there a tube under the carbon or is the carbon structural? We have a ride planned for monday so also wondering if he could ride it. We don't jump or any of that jazz. Slap some duct tape on her and braap away. . .

 

[MKULTRA]

there's only the faux carbon afaik

As long it doesn't completely seperate your fine for riding it while keeping in in mind.

Maybe add some epoxy and some kind of clamp on it for some peace of mind until you get it fixed?

 

[Adam12]

there's only the faux carbon afaik

As long it doesn't completely seperate your fine for riding it while keeping in in mind.

Maybe add some epoxy and some kind of clamp on it for some peace of mind until you get it fixed?

Thank ya much!

 

[AaronBND]

Wrap some thin sheet metal around it and a couple hose clamps.

 

[Adam12]

Wrap some thin sheet metal around it and a couple hose clamps.

Kinda what I was thinking man. Exhaust clamp would likely do the trick too.

 

[Steinegal]

Kinda what I was thinking man. Exhaust clamp would likely do the trick too.

Couple of rounds of speed tape will make it stronger than ever. Fixed a pro ride carbon structure that was completely crushed with that and it held up for a whole season and was only replaced because we had a new one available.

 

[05900]

This would be the shizzle

https://www.amazon.com/Duck-283982-Printed-Carbon-Inches/dp/B00V7Z5OS0

 

[whoisthatguy]

Might not hurt to lather epoxy on the tube below the thin sheet metal, in order to have some tension capability. Otherwise, you would just be stabilizing the crack.