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I've got a Gary Fisher Hifi pro 2008 frame, its eating eyelet bushings on one of the shock mounts, about one a month, so i'm reckoning the mounting hardware is a little worn(the bushing runs directly on the bolt in the photo). There are also a couple of (ceramic?) spacer/bushing things that i doubt are helping as they'll be 2 yrs old now.
Anyway, I've bee quoted £95 for a replacement set of the bits in the photo below, which i cannot afford, so either another way needs to be found or ill be looking for an on-one 456 very soon.
Anyone have any ideas?
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The mounting :
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Taken apart:
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Thanks a lot
Get a few more quotes, that seems a bit expensive to me.
Try a google search on them.
Is the frame out of alignment? I don't believe it should be eating bushes that quickly.
Is the frame out of alignment? I don't believe it should be eating bushes that quickly
I'd go for that as the cause, back to the LBS
don't trek offer lifetime warranty on bearings?
I think it's the bolt that the bushing runs on is worn, when i got the frame about 6 months ago it had play in it so i replaced the bushing, maybe it was used for a while with play? wearing the bolt? It's acting as a top hat spacer which you'd usually replace every once in a while. I don't think the frame is out of alignment, not had any big crashes on it.
I asked trek about the part, part no 292904. They didn't let me order it from them as im only a consumer...
Taking it back to the lbs isn't really an option as i bought the frame second hand.
when i got the frame about 6 months ago it had play in it so i replaced the bushing,
ah, 2nd hand so no warranty, sorry!
is there an easy way to check frame alignment? seems like a hardtail is becoming more and more likely...