Footpeg Break Issue
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thearcticsea
Rocker
Incoming mod edit....
OK , Why a mod edit ?
Sal Paradise
Hooligan
The Dude generally doesn't allow links to TRAT. You should probably edit them out.
B06Tang
Cafe Racer
Agree to the trat comments.
I have had this problem as well on the foot clevices where the screw welds to the housing. The weld will break if you scrape a lot so I started dipping the front of my boot when heading into turns for a guide. I don't know about the standing thing though...it would seem more important to lose weight in my opinion. I am at 240 pounds and haven't had that problem but I have blasted through two clevices from grinding them up in the turns. A big thank you goes out to LMT in helping me with my foot clevice inventory!!!!
I have had this problem as well on the foot clevices where the screw welds to the housing. The weld will break if you scrape a lot so I started dipping the front of my boot when heading into turns for a guide. I don't know about the standing thing though...it would seem more important to lose weight in my opinion. I am at 240 pounds and haven't had that problem but I have blasted through two clevices from grinding them up in the turns. A big thank you goes out to LMT in helping me with my foot clevice inventory!!!!
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bonZa
Street Tracker
I think you will find that it wasnt "normal use". seems they all had been involved in an incident or dropped at one stage or another
it is most important that the footrest bolt is torqued corectly so load from the rider is spread on the mating surfaces and not on the bolt itself
the footrest bolt is nominated to be torqued to 27 Nm in both the Haynes and FSM
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B06Tang
Cafe Racer
I agree with bonza. I have snapped off three clevices and each time they had play develop in them, I leaned hard into a corner and.........snap. Now I locktite the hell out of that bolt and torque it down to the specs he provided. It's been good so far but I will keep a stock of clevices just in case....
Hey Dude
Don't get your pantys in a wad. It was a link to a thread. A thread about a very serious safety related issue.
People can and do particapate in multiple forums. It does not diminish one forum by linking to another.
This just makes you look small and petty.
Bonneville09er
Street Tracker
ha, yup
Bonafide
NBR founder
hmmm ... you would think someone who lives in my backyard and has a very good chance of meeting me in person would have better sense than to poke a bear. Oh well, I thought I was being civil about the whole BS thing. Kinda figured he was gonna be an issue from the start tho. He was emailing me demanding I clear him from the queue immediately upon his registering to the forum. Entitlement is not a character flaw I have very much patience for ..
Skeeter
Rocker
ivar
TT Racer
Has the foot peg problem only been noticed on Bonnevilles... does it include Scramblers? Has Triumph made a response?
sanjuro
Two Stroke
Both of my clevis bolts broke within about 5000 (25k and 30k) miles of each other. I'll keep a closer eye on the torque, but at about $20 a pop I think I'll replace them when they approach the same mileage rather than risk a high speed (unexpected) break. I'd rather spend a few bucks on extra maintenance than recovering from a wreck at 60mph cause a had my weight on pegs that snapped going over a bump.
B06Tang
Cafe Racer
As far as I am aware of...yes. I would also like to throw in that the bolts snapping on both my clevices was due to my own fault by grinding in the twisties that ultimately snapped the bolt because they worked themselves slightly loose. I would not call it a flaw but rather a self inflicted dilemma on my part. Now I dip my boot and use that a marker before I actually grind my equipment anymore.
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Sal Paradise
Hooligan
The footpegs fold back so I don't see how dragging them would crack the bolts....