Pulled into Loomiess cafe on the A32 / A272 junction yesterday. Oil all over rear tyre. Had RAC pick up the bike and me and repatriate me go my home.
Took the rear wheel off thus morning to find a 2 inch long crack in the swing arm welded join I front of the rear tyre.
The weld looks like it stopped and restarted and this is exactly where the leak starts.
Do you think I have a rats ass chance of getting HD to replace the swing arm it's got go be a manufactuting fault.
With the oil in the fracture do you think welding the fracture is an option?

I've seen this loadsa times....did you get a new tyre recently ?

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Mithered ta death.
92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR

I bet it's a case of a seized wheel spindle at some point that has jacked the arm apart causing the crack always ratchet strap the arm together if you have a seized spindle before trying to free it

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2001 X1 2009 1125CR 2006 Uly X3 2010 Uly a fully Maz'd S1 and a 1991 RS1200 Westwind.

Exactly..... but a ratchet strap dont cut the mustard

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Mithered ta death.
92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR

Bike hasn't been used much last year. Rear tyre was replaced two years ago. Spindle then came out with no issue. Rear wheel bearings did get replaced about same time as original ones did fail.
Is this type of fracture of the weld in the swing arm repairable by welding? There's no way I could clean up that fracture to get rid of any oil that would contaminate the new weld.
Or am I looking at a new swing arm to be fitted - now that's going to be prohibitively expensive - ouch.

Any one know if Tubs is at Criescent or at MooreSpeed ?

Tubbs is at the Verwood branch

http://www.crescent-motorcycles.com/loc ... erwood.asp

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thanks Ash

If you need one there's a few second hand ones on EBay -

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw= ... g&_sacat=0

Odd there seems to be quite a few from Italy - you may be able to negotiate a better price !

Strange so many are available from Italy. Is there a Buell graveyard in Italy? Thanks for the FleaBay link.

Anyways, I have had a chat with Guildford Harley Davidson and they have approached HD head office in UK. Harley are prepared to offer me a considerable rebate on the purchase of a new Swing Arm.
Now I need to figure out what other parts I need to order as well as the actual swing arm. Possibly the bearings and the bearings spacer bar might be needed too.
I will chat with HD tomorrow and see what we can sort out. Things are not looking as bleak as they did on Sunday afternoon when the bike was surrounded by a pool of oil.

A picture of the fractured weld.

lets hope they come up trumps for you Pete

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2001 X1 2009 1125CR 2006 Uly X3 2010 Uly a fully Maz'd S1 and a 1991 RS1200 Westwind.

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08 Specialized Langster

Yesterday I picked up my bike from Crescent in Verwood. Tubs has installed the new swing arm, replaced front and rear wheel bearings and fully serviced the bike. Thank you Tubs and Crescent the bike is back up and running.
Also thanks to Guildford HD as they supplied all the parts for the swing arm replacement at cost price plus VAT. HD UK also gave me half the unit cost of the swing arm so thanks for that discretionary discount.
Think I will go out for a reaquaintance ride on the Buell once this monsoonal rain stops.

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Surprised you made out like you did for a 7 year old bike. And that parts were available at all much less so quickly.

Had a chat with the service manager at my local stealer about a week ago and they have zero Buell parts on the shelf that aren't shared with the Sporty. Said they cleaned the shelves off 1 year after Buell's doors were closed.

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Bob Krzeszkiewicz
2012 XR1200X - 2011 Kawasaki Z1000SX - 1999 Buell X1

I like to think that HD wanted to keep me happy. That welded seam in the old swing arm was faulty. It shouldn't have passed inspection. The new arm has one continuous weld not like the overlapped weld on the failed swing arm weld. Also, by not making a profit on my misfortune, Guildford HD gain my respect.