Yesterday, while having trouble getting/keeping my bike running on the trail, I was kicking the bike with the stand down (not standing on it). However, the bike leaned further over after a few kicks and I found the smaller bolt had stripped out of the frame and allowed the kickstand to over-extend. Now that bracket is bent. So, two-fold: Has anyone else had this problem (I don't think it was vibrated loose to start with as the threads inside have been pulled clear)? I usually use bikebandit for parts because of the ease of use with their parts diagrams and good prices. What do you guys use? So far, I haven't found a site with a nice parts fiche similar to BB and other online parts retailers.
Get a new bracket, use a bolt and nut on the back side this time use Red loctite then check-it. They don't just strip the threads out it was loose and vibrated out beating out the threads on the way. Later George
Thanks George. I figured it couldn't have been backed out because it looks like the threads are bad all the way through. Regardless, I need to look over more of the bolts and make sure everything else is OK. How much are those brackets and do you stock them?
+1 what George said. The stock bolts were always coming loose on mine, eventually causing the bracket to bend. Here are some pics of a similar fix I did on mine. I used gr. 10.9 bolts and double nutted the bottom one. I used red loctite on both also. Haven't had a problem since.
