[Ducati] Swingarm

[Aaron Gillies]

Does anybody know if the steel swing arms have different properties (i.e. weight & weld pattern)? I had a whole 8000 miles on mine before it broke loose at that point. 
   
  I remember taking the swing arm off and that piece in front of the weld fell off as soon as I removed the front axle of the arm. I was amazed, in that scared thank God i'm still alive sort of way, that I had ridden on a swing arm attached to only one point. It freaked me out because now you've got all the weight on one side and you've got a whole bunch of weird lateral rotation torque on an arm designed to go up and down. 
   
  I'm glad you're safe and still riding Ron. If you go to a dealer, let us know if they make the swap for you.
   
  Aaron

Ronald Betts <ronaldebettsasalc0015 at hotmail.com> wrote:
  
Aaron, I think I had around 45,000 on it at the time. At any rate I'm still in need of another one as I really don't want to try and reweld an old weld. I do know this much, I will weld gusset plates on the suspect area next time. I was wondering if the offset of the shock might be causing the failure ? Thanks' 



Peace...Ron"Desmohead"Betts 95 900 SPI've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it!> Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 18:06:34 -0700> From: contingencya at yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Ducati] Swingarm> To: ducati at ducati.net> > I had the same thing happen to me. Mine is a 99 900. But it seperated at the exact same location. I searched ebay for a while and finally came up on one. I don't know if it would be worth taking it corporate, what would they do? I don't know if they use that swingarm design on any of the new bikes coming out. When it happened to me, I counted it as ignorance and poor maintanence on my part, although I thought I had been pretty good about it but simply missed something somewhere, perhaps chain too tight? I don't know. What was the mileage when it happened the first time? Cause 60,000 seems like a long time to wait before cracking.> > Aaron. > > Ronald Betts wrote:> > Anyone that knows me , knows how much I love my 95 900 SP. But I got to tell you
 sometimes............. I'm on my way home today, temp a cool 107 and damp, and the ole girl starts to feel squirly under me. I'm thinking tire going down but I make it home. Look at the tires, no problem. Then it hits me, the last time it felt like that only worse, was when my swingarm seperated at the point where the cast pivot and extruded arm were welded together by the countershaft sprocket. I didn't bother Ducati because I thought it was a fluke. So I sent it to a guy that was doing frame repairs on Goldwings for American Honda and he fixed it up real sweet. Danm if it aint cracked right through the center of the weld and the pivot is hanging on to the rest of the arm by a skin on the upper side of the arm..S*#+TTTT...! I don't race my bike and ride it on a daily basis to work and back and sometimes on the twisties in the local mountains. Anyone that has ridden with me knows I'm no racer or> stunter and don't jump off of curbs or aim for pot holes. I get complimented
 all the time on how clean she is and I do all the required maintanance. She only has 60,000 plus miles. Is this just a design flaw with this bike or did I get a swing arm that was assembled after the noon vino break. I would be the last person to say a single bad thing about Ducati but I cant help wonder if this is something that should be handled at a corporate level. I haven't contacted Ducati but was wondering if you guys and gals think it would even be worth a try ? If not, does anyone know where I can get a used swingarm ?Peace...Ron"Desmohead"Betts 95 900 SPI've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it!> _________________________________________________________________> Discover the new Windows Vista> http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=windows+vista&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE*****> > Our newest sponsor, MC Stands, has just opened its doors! It's a motorcycle> stand superstore. Every brand, every model, 95% in stock for immediate> shipment. Whether front
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