Riding my TB tonight the swingarm decided to snap. I was going about 20 or 25 MPH on a straighaway on a very flat non rocky trail. All of a sudden the swingarm snapped in half, dug into the soft dirt, snagged a root, and rolled the ATV atleast twice. Thankfully I had a helmet and all the prtection needed. My shoulder is sore but that is it. Luckily the dirt was very soft. I dragged it back home and there is no way to save the swingarm. My pipe looks a little messed up and the tensioner pulley is ruined. Other than that I got lucky. The handlebars are perfect, no plastic damage, everything seems to stay together well. I shut the engine right off so that there would be no damage to it. It starts and runs great. I have the axle off already. Looks to be pretty easy. Anyone have any tips or a place to get a swingarm and maybe an axle cheap?

 

remeber that horse i told you about. man you havent had good luck, but glad your alright.

 

glad you didnt get hurt... now every time im haulin *** on my sportsman 800 . i will prolly be thinking please! god dont! let the swingarm snap now.

 

oinkjackson, i wouldnt worry too much about that since the 800 doesnt have a swing arm lol. just worry about A arms breaking instead. na its a sportsman, it doesnt break right. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

Glad to hear you are ok and not hurt. That is most important. I have always done well searching ebay. You probably want it back together right now so that could be a prob but worth it. There are some atv sites out there that will search for you part for you at atv salvage yards. Don't know how good they are or how much. Might be a option.

 

I bought one of Ebay this morning. $67 shipped with all the hardware. I would like to be riding it today, but I'll have to wait a little while. I looked at the one I have now. From the way it cracked, it seems like someone has welded it before. Just another cheap way out for someone. stendori: that horse is sounding better and better, but I already have 9 of them to deal with.
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Glad to hear you're just sore. And that's a darn good deal on the swingarm.

 

I was amazed to find the wingarm on Ebay. It was just listed this morning with buy it now so I got it.

 

Did you check for new bushings on ebay too? Seems they always have those.

 

Sure did. Bought those too. The guy with the swingarm is great. I told him that I needed it ASAP. I bought it at like 10 this morning and he has already shipped it out.