have any of you scrambler owners had any trouble on the 2wd models with the front spindles breaking off please reply.

 

Three of my friends own 400 2wd and another has a 500 2wd and they jump them pretty hard and none have broken front spindles. I hit a tree hard enough with the LF tire of a 400 2wd to pack bark in the tire bead and break the front a-arm mount at the frame and the spindle was fine.

Steve Lubecki

 

i ride on weekends hardly jump it havn't hit any thing three spindles have broken so far and this was going down a level dirt trail twice sending me over the bars causing injury.

 

I hadn't jumped mine hard, come down on the front, or hit anything with mine, and much to my suprise the spindle bent, it never broke just bent, and wouldn't turn. And it was less than 6 months old.

 

I also had one spindle bend on my first older 95 model, but I was pulled a wheelie and came down sideways on a rock edge. It was enough to make the wheeler turn on it's side. I drove it on to camp and hammered out straight and went on. I havent seen the new models do that,though. I see the name harescramble. Do you do much of that?

 

I,v broken 2 spindles on my 2wd 400 . Both were broke on hard woop trails. I do Jump IT BIG and after braking my 2nd one i Came up with a fix that I have now used for 2 years With no problems.
What I did is take the front Struts from a 4x4 and modded them . This is what I did: Frist I took the spindle and cut the Cv joint off the spindle right where the cv boot ended After the spindle was cut I welded a nut on it so i could use it to hold the spindle from turing when I tighten up the bearings. After that I riped out the locking thing out but left in the big nut lookingthing that the Locker rolled on. then I cut the wires that controled the locker. Lastly I took out the drain plug for the oil and put a grease zerk in its place then put the cover on and filled it with grease.
All that modding has worked great and now I have 4 taper bearings on each side.
It maybe a little heavier but, at least I haven't Landed on my head in 2 years.
Since then I have JUmped problely over1000 times and nothing has gone wrong.
It may cost alot to get the parts but, it is cheaper then a hospital visit.

matt @ TEAM BRICKTUCKY