YamYboY
Extreme
I had a nice fix over new years in the UP, I was riding along and the bolt that holds the top a-arm to the top of the spindle broke, I was lucky I was coming out of a corner. Thought I would share the photos, I was lucky I have a couple mechanical engineers from UW-Madison and UW-Platteville. I ended up riding it back 30 miles and did not break anything else, or damage the spindle. When done I only had 2 zipties left!
That's awesome 
yamahaboy701
TY 4 Stroke Junkie
Must have been all that power from the turbo that loosened the bolt 
When I lose bolts I start canibilizing the bogie wheel bolts 1st.
apltx08
TY 4 Stroke God
Those ZIP ties are the next best thing to DUCT tape LOL!
stopdropanroll
TY 4 Stroke Master
Man......your just like our group this weekend, BROKEN SH!T every where. I smashed a rock and bent my bumper subframe and skidplate, my buddie nuked a sx700, other buddie whaked a tree and bent his subframe, had a XP granade a bilet upper idler wheel, and a upper a-arm bolt come loose on another Nytro, I feel like I am back 6-7 years ago when all we did was wrench on sled instead of ride em.
Nice rig job on the missing bolt!
Nice rig job on the missing bolt!
ROB_OT
Veteran
agreed . its nice to see engineers do somethng that works lol ....... after working on cars where packaging is a higher priority then servicability on high wear items .
reminds me of something dad use to tell me .... engineers draw it plan it and forget it ... fabricators change everything and make it work lol .
anyway great fix and good luck mate .
reminds me of something dad use to tell me .... engineers draw it plan it and forget it ... fabricators change everything and make it work lol .
anyway great fix and good luck mate .
gonesleddin
Newbie
good job MacIver
unpride
Expert
That fix will last longer than the OEM yammi bolt
arteeex
TY 4 Stroke Master
With all those zip-ties the wind resistance must have knocked down your top end something fierce.
And this is why MEs rule the world.
And this is why MEs rule the world.
YamYboY
Extreme
ya I actually got up to about 50mph at times and i now replace them with john deere grade 8 bolts
yox185
TY 4 Stroke Master
If it breaks again take it back to Sears, thats a Craftsman.
nytro addict
Expert
yox185 said:
LMAO
enticeraised
Expert
Junk, preventative maintenance on bolts now?? WTF? haha
unpride
Expert
Just found out some interesting news on this topic. Yammi stopped selling the nut that holds that ball joint together. You cant even get it now. Something pretty shady is going on maybe alot more were coming loose than were being talked about
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