DO you think this will hold up?

[guardrail]

My rails cracked for the third time, I had one of my friends beef them up a bit. What do you think? Will they hold?

 

[snowdust]

Have done something similar in the past with success. If they break again, it won't be where you added the support. Nice job!

 

[gun nut]

If you are breaking rails, you are abusing them. Mine are perfect at 11,000 miles. If you have a new sled, and run into a tree, it's not the sleds fault.

 

[GotJuice]

That looks nice!

That looks great, only thing differently I would have done is sandwich the stock rail with a piece of aluminum on both sides like you did on the one side. That's nice welding if you did it yourself....heliarc pro huh....LOL.

 

[Sno-Xr]

If you are breaking rails, you are abusing them. Mine are perfect at 11,000 miles. If you have a new sled, and run into a tree, it's not the sleds fault.

If your not abusing it, your not riding it! Different people ride for different reasons. JMO
Sno

 

[APEX 06]

RIDE HARD RIDE FAST

 

[Doug]

If you are breaking rails, you are abusing them. Mine are perfect at 11,000 miles. If you have a new sled, and run into a tree, it's not the sleds fault.

Huh? At least with the 136's, it's a design flaw, very common for 'em to crack in that area.

Mine cracked first, and now my wifes are starting.

 

[guardrail]

It seems they crack more often after a re-valve, instead of the shock bottoming and your back taking all the pressure, the shock absorbs it and it all gets channeled through that point.

 

[guardrail]

Re: That looks nice!

That looks great, only thing differently I would have done is sandwich the stock rail with a piece of aluminum on both sides like you did on the one side. That's nice welding if you did it yourself....heliarc pro huh....LOL.

I was thinking about doing that, but I didn't want to cut anything off the rear arm and having less surface area for the bolt to grab on to. I didn't weld it, a bunch of my friends are iron workers.