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<blockquote data-quote="Mojavekid18" data-source="post: 85005" data-attributes="member: 815">Well because my bike is a big ol' unadulterated bag of pure awesomeness i have yet again run into a problem. As i was cleaning my swingarm and almost ready to put back on the bike i went to put fresh grease in the bearings. Well i took the seals out and the chain guard to clean underneath and found this BadAss hole.[ATTACH]6650[/ATTACH][ATTACH]6651[/ATTACH][ATTACH]6652[/ATTACH]&nbsp;This hole dosen't give a shit where its at, its like a honey badger. So it decided to eat all the way through to my bearing race. But in all seriousness it looks like the previous owner was a honey badger about chain guards and didn't see the need for one <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/picard.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":picard:" title="Picard&nbsp; &nbsp; :picard:" data-shortname=":picard:" />. So when it wore a hole in it they just decided to throw some washers in-between the seal, silicone the chain guard, and then call it a day![ATTACH]6653[/ATTACH][ATTACH]6654[/ATTACH]&nbsp;So luckily for me i get to use some of my meteoric skills and try to weld and mill a patch back in there to make it look 1/2 decent and function. Which should be super fun since its aluminum which is by far the easiest metal to weld and work with. And then i also get to buy a new bearing and seals. YAY!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mojavekid18, post: 85005, member: 815"] Well because my bike is a big ol' unadulterated bag of pure awesomeness i have yet again run into a problem. As i was cleaning my swingarm and almost ready to put back on the bike i went to put fresh grease in the bearings. Well i took the seals out and the chain guard to clean underneath and found this BadAss hole. [ATTACH]6650[/ATTACH][ATTACH]6651[/ATTACH][ATTACH]6652[/ATTACH] This hole dosen't give a shit where its at, its like a honey badger. So it decided to eat all the way through to my bearing race. But in all seriousness it looks like the previous owner was a honey badger about chain guards and didn't see the need for one :picard:. So when it wore a hole in it they just decided to throw some washers in-between the seal, silicone the chain guard, and then call it a day! [ATTACH]6653[/ATTACH][ATTACH]6654[/ATTACH] So luckily for me i get to use some of my meteoric skills and try to weld and mill a patch back in there to make it look 1/2 decent and function. Which should be super fun since its aluminum which is by far the easiest metal to weld and work with. And then i also get to buy a new bearing and seals. YAY! [/QUOTE]

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