i meet up with a guys yesterday when i was out riding . we where bullshitting about our ds,s . and he ask me if i had any problem with my front shocks .. he said he was airing his ds out and got about 6-7 feet of air and when he landed his shock just feel apart and twisted around his a-arm . now i have had my ds atleast 7-8 feet in the air and had no problem but now im a littel spoked about doing that he said there was a recall on the shocks .. but i can,t find any info on it . ???

 

I could not find any on the shock just the ball joints clips for the 2000 DS650.

 

thanks for your help guys . this guy i was talking to said bomb replaced it for him . so you think i should call a bomb rep and see what they say .. hey billds what was the recalls on the ball joint clips ??? i have a 2000ds and did not know that there where any recalls or any thing .???

 

here is the link http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml00/00501.html

 

thanks bill im going to give them a call and see what they say . thanks again .

 

The recall involved the snap rings that retain the ball joints in the a-arms. Some were installed incorrectly or not installed at all. Just look at them and see if they are there and installed correctly. Its that easy

 

I have seen a few posts about the shocks, it seems like it is mainly 2001 quads but I have not been tracking it, my 2000 is still on the factory shocks but just the same I have some Elka's about to go on [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

The ball joint clip recall happened before we even recieved our 2000 ds's they stoped dealers from releasing the frist batch of 2000's until they solved the problem most dealers had them for two months before they could even sell them
my frist ds was in on this recall and i could not take delivey on it until they corrected the problem i don't belive any were relased with the problem thats why no one recieved a recall notice. but check and make sure!

 

I nhad mine for about a month or so when I got the recall notice, check them out my self then took it to the dealer who had no idea about any recall [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]

 

I think Bombardier should recall something with the shocks. I know two other people that have broke there front shocks from big air. the problem though seems to not be the shocks but a misalighment, wait let me restate that, an improper angle theat the shock is in. Ask any aftermarket arm maker and they will tell you thats what it is. DSaholic has new arms and have had no problems since, prior to this his Works shocks couldn't even hold up and they would become J shaped really quick. A desighn flaw Bomb seems to be choosing to ignore although i have yet to hear of anyone doing this with the new baja style a-arms that are supposedly the same. We'll find out soon enough!!