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Old 02-05-2016, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by SYCARMS View Post
It could have been weak from the factory or over tightened or the chain could have been too tight. All these buggies have the equivalent of SAE grade 3 from the factory. Better the bolt break than a frame or casing.
Good points - sorta like a design to failure point to keep more expensive item from breaking.

In this case I got this November-2015, I checked the bolt for snugness and it was "good", I never added more torque to it.

The chain had some "extra" slack in it a few weeks back, I adjusted that to have 1/2" slack.

Since my order is in, should I change the bolt grade to a SAE 3 instead?

I'm not sure how much true engineering was done to this design, vs copy another and use best practices.

[edit] too late, the order was just shipped - they are too fast!
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Shipped 1 hour ago, UPS Ground 1Z1800200xxxxxxxxx February 5
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