Hole in Aux. Radiator - Check yours to prevent problems!!!

[stoutner]

I was riding Friday night 50 miles from home when I started to smell Anti-Freeze and my yellow warning light was coming on

I found that the two small mounting tabs that hold the Auxillary Radiator on were broken. The radiator then slid forward and hit the brake assy. This punched a hole through the radiator.

I do have 4000 miles on my 2006 RTX so....crap happens. But, If I were you guys, I would check it out to make sure yours isn't in the same boat.

I am going to order another radiator and when I mount it, I am going to tie wrap it to the frame or something so this won't happen again.

I was able to by-pass it with a small piece of PVC tubing thanks to the local bar-owner. Made it home with no problems after by-passing it.

Has this happened to anyone else?

 

[stoutner]

Pics of it

Here are two pics. One is of the hole. The other is a pic of one of the "tabs" that broke.