2000 wolverine 1998 wolverine never had problem with either one what do you hit or how high do you jump to bend one anything man-made can and will bend or break if it is abused or over stressed !

 

Bent the stocker...Got a Dura Blue now....

 

ridin a 2000 wolv nothing bent yet many large jumps 6 ft. plus see ya

 

99 bent as we speak saving for durablue

 

96 Wolverine no problems yet. My front shock broke off a 5ft jump but the axle wasn't bent.

 

98 RED oh yea---replaced it once!!!next one will be Dura-blue.

DOO800

 

On my second axle, the nxt one will be a Dura-blue or a RPM AXLE.

 

96 and no problems with back axle, I do have a bad noise coming from the front end.

 

Another question should be....

How heavy is the rider that is breaking/bending the axle. It seems common sense that a 220lb person is going to be harder on the machine than a 150lb person, especially if you're airborne!

If there's a common theme on the weight thing...maybe Yamaha needs a reccommended maximum weight??? Naw, just make them right the first time!!!

 

I guess that is true about the size of a person but I never got airborne on the 1st axle besides just bring the front end up and stuff. I think that it has something to do with the material used in making the axle. It seems like some people maybe getting a little stonger steel compostion or something. I work in the steel industry and I know that just by changeing one little thing it will change the whole steel compostion alot. Whether it be heating the steel for a longer amount of time or what ever. I just think that who ever is doing the axles might not be following the same recipe evertime.