Destroyed my rear wheel.

[Micas]

One of the sprocket bolts vibrated out and snagged the swing arm while i was riding. Broke off all but 1 of the remaining bolts, snapped half the teeth off and made a birds nest out of my spokes.

Im fairly new to riding and wasnt informed that i should loctite my bolts until after this happened.

Anyway im looking for a replacement and the best i can find is $270 shipped.

I dont really have the money to spend so if i can get it cheaper id like to. I just dont know anywhere else to look.

 

[robwbright]

Which bike - I've got a brand new hub and spokes for an RMZ 250 (04-05, I believe, but it may be the same part on yours). I'd sell them to you at a reasonable price. I was going to post them on E BA Y this evening, but if you need them I'll sell them to you.

Is your rim ok? If not, you can find deals on E B A Y on rims.

I recently built my first wheel - it's not that hard if you have the right tools.

Let me know if you're interested in the parts - my email is [email protected]

 

[whenfoxforks-ruled]

I would not put loctite on the sprocket bolts. They are hard enough getting off to begin with, if they were properly torqued to begin with. Did you tighten them with the allen wrench? You need to be holding the bolt with the allen, and apply torque with a box end wrench on the nut. Also, the bolts are made of aluminum, and the nuts are steel. Corrosion will naturally seal them, if I was real ballsy I would be putting die electric grease on! And last but not least, some are self locking nuts. How is the swingarm?

 

[riot983]

The same thing happend to me because I did not torque right. When I got everything fixed i put steel hardware on and locktite. Havent had a problem since...