EZ-Ryde owners, CHECK YOUR FRONT SHOCK!

PooSlinger · Dec 30, 2007

Was out for a ride yesterday and having a great day until I noticed this. The upper eyelet on the front shock was not installed on the shaft with loc-tite and the shaft had worked its way loose. The shock is likely shot. At least the cap and shaft are. Spring is salvageable. Fortunately, the shock and spring were resting on the axle for the front idlers. If that weren't true, the shaft would've stabbed the track and really effed things up.

So, periodically inspect your shock shaft at the top. If you see threads, pull it and add some loc-tite.

BTW, that's my boot lace holding the shock and spring up out of the track.

krom · Dec 30, 2007

I'v seen that before on the same fox shock, used by arctic cat. Since you found it before it got wound up in the track you will only need a new shaft and eye.

DARKO · Dec 30, 2007

Holy, my buddy did the same thing to his shock 3 days ago. Strange

PooSlinger · Dec 30, 2007

DARKO said:
Holy, my buddy did the same thing to his shock 3 days ago. Strange

What kind of shock/skid? EZ Ryde?

airfreak25 · Dec 30, 2007

warranty??

do they cover stuff like that otherwise that looks pretty spendy, I like the rig job tho thats a nice fix to get er home

skibreeze · Dec 30, 2007

It looks like the shaft broke off from the second pic.

PooSlinger · Dec 30, 2007

skibreeze said:
It looks like the shaft broke off from the second pic.

Deceptive. The eyelet is jammed with snow and ice so it looks like there's shaft left in there. The threads are all on the top of the shaft yet. Just defective assembly. Hopefully they'll cover it under warranty. The guy I bought the sled from works for EZ-Ryde.

wweverett · Dec 30, 2007

JUst checked mine did not see any threads, but will keep an eye on it.

Thanks for the heads up.

DeepInTheTrees · Dec 30, 2007

Did you have the cloth covers over the shocks.* May not have caused the problem, but I've heard they will not warranty if you don't have those on, because of the ice buildup in the spring.Thanks for the heads up, will keep an eye on mine.

PooSlinger · Dec 30, 2007

DeepInTheTrees said:
Did you have the cloth covers over the shocks.* May not have caused the problem, but I've heard they will not warranty if you don't have those on, because of the ice buildup in the spring.Thanks for the heads up, will keep an eye on mine.

Yep. It got torn up by the track rubbing on it after the failure. I managed to keep everything except the spring retainer. That's gone.

bigcat_ak · Dec 30, 2007

I think it should be said that this is a FOX's fault, NOT E-Z Ryde..

markoo · Dec 30, 2007

Where are your limiter straps? If you don't have straps the top will rip off of any shock.

PooSlinger · Dec 30, 2007

bigcat_ak said:
I think it should be said that this is a FOX's fault, NOT E-Z Ryde..

Agreed, but it's on EZ Ryde to address. Will update with my results.

markoo said:
Where are your limiter straps? If you don't have straps the top will rip off of any shock.

No straps on EZ-Rydes.

PooSlinger · Dec 31, 2007

Spoke with Steve at EZ Ryde today. They're going to take care of it. Outstanding customer service! Between the excellent performance of their skid and their quality customer service, they've got a very happy customer.

Scott · Dec 31, 2007

What's an EZ Ryde cost these days?

Scott · Jan 2, 2008

How much does a new EZ Ryde cost?

AkLogan · Jan 2, 2008

http://www.ezryde.com

dustinbh · Jan 2, 2012

yeah mine did the same thing but the coil fell off and the shock can done and stabbed my track and ripped one window out and bent the shaft on the shock.

n2otoofast4u · Jan 3, 2012

my zero pro on my holz did the same thing late last year.

mutti_wilson · Jan 11, 2012

Last year I sheared off a bolt on my front shock cross shaft. It spun the other bolt off after that. It bounced around a bit and took a couple chunks of rubber, but nothing major.

http://photos.mwcreative.net/albums/photos.mwcreative.net/Sledding/p1020791.jpg

And the fix

http://photos.mwcreative.net/albums/photos.mwcreative.net/Sledding/p1020794.jpg

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