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Author Message   Sokota Posted on Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 12:12 pm:        Does the factory not practice what it preaches, broken axels stories , alittle disconcerting. A dose of anti seize should keep an axel servicable for years, even in harsh conditions. Whats up ?   M1combat Posted on Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 01:14 pm:        Mine had anti-sieze on it from the factory.   Ingemar Posted on Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 01:32 pm:        So did mine. Out of thousands of XB's sold worldwide, I've heard of three broken axles of which it's not even clear its an assembly error. Some of the stories I've read about it were uh ... well, not so smart. What did you find disconcerting again?   M1combat Posted on Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 01:51 pm:        EVERY story I've heard about broken axles were caused by momentary lapses of a normally possessed judgment...   Njbuell Posted on Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 03:08 pm:        Being a tech I have removed and installed several axles without one breaking. I am wondering if the people with this problem are forgetting there is a pinch bolt on the bottom of the swingarm???? Phil   Nadz Posted on Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 03:21 pm:        All this talk of axles breaking had me extremely paranoid. Last night I pulled my rear wheel, and a little Tapfree made the axle the easiest part of the job. But you better believe I put anti-sieze on everything on the way back in! As an engineer, tho- I wonder at the wisdom of threading aluminum into aluminum...   Sokota Posted on Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 03:27 pm:        Thanx for feedback, this site is great ,   Xbolt12 Posted on Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 03:43 pm:        I have to wonder if people are over torquing the axle? I always use a good torque wrench and have never had a problem in 15K miles and many tire changes. I typically use waterproof grease instead of anti-seize.   Jessicasdad Posted on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - 05:49 pm:        I was one of those people that recently took their wheels off for the first time . and was SHOCKED that BOTH the front and the rear came off without too much trouble. The ONLY issue that I had was with the T27 torx bolts that hold the fender on would NOT budge .. so ended up pulling the brake caliper out of the way .. will be drilling out at least one of the bolts on that front fender .. and I have to say as well .. that NONE of the fasteners I removed had any sign of anti-seize.. in fact a few of the fasteners were starting to show signs of "oxidizing" or the galvanic reaction that happens with the dissimilar metals ...   Whodom Posted on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - 06:59 pm:        An experienced motorcycling friend of mine helped me change my first tire a few years back. His wisdom was anytime you remove a bolt, put either blue Locktite or anti-seize on it before you reinstall it. Seems like a good rule to me.

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