Only thing I can think is the the crank cases and bearings were sort of holding the snapped parts together. Because it wasn't a clean, 90 degree break, there would still be some force transferred between them on rotation. Good job I did stop or it might have properly gone whilst riding or maybe even in a bend. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
@JH_1986 , interestingly, today I called in for some work on my 2011, and idly asked how much it'd be worth as a trade-in, to be told "I'm not taking in any 2010 or 11 Multi's, as the bearings go, and it costs a lot to repair" He's been caught 2 or 3 times and is understandably shy of doing so again!
I thought so, too, especially as I'm seriously considering changing. There were DVTs that I'd look at, and was even tempted by a Panigale S or R-but nothing doing!
Then why aren't they arguing the case with Ducati? Was this a Ducati dealer? They should be throwing these back at them as warranty claims and kicking up a fuss if they decline them.
He remarked that "they seem to go around the 10-15000 miles mark" - when I told him mine had 22000 on the clock, he answered "Well, you must have a good 'un". Not reassuring.
We're not talking cranks though. We are talking bearings. This dealer makes 2 that I know of that have admitted this is a problem. That's two official dealers. I also know of an indie that does bundles of these. We've also got scores of people I have found online who have had the same problem at the same or earlier mileage. I have also heard of one other dealer refuse these as trade-ins.
If a triumph 675 has less than perfect oil level, and I mean perfect, the lack of a few hundred ml causes starvation so severe engines fail Most dealerships have dealt with them, and they all know
Most delaers refuse them as they are too old to clear (esp more than 2k miles pa) with a decent profit 1098 had a real issue with bearing, and gearboxes
There might be a batch of engines with cranks that are out fractionally out of true. That would keep on taking out bearings and stress the shaft so it could eventually fracture. I guess it would be a vibey engine from new though..
Yes but keeping oil level correct (even anally correct) is something that can be explained to the owner....this I would say is a bit more serious in that its a possible failiure of a part and moreso that its not been communicated by Ducati to dealers and end users...and more to the point if a dealer is not accepting bikes of a certain year and not making that apparent to owners then that's pretty bad...personally if I owned one id a. like to know that that information is freely available so I can make my own choice at point of purchase and b. if I already owned one and found out I could make arrangements to fix the problem and on top of all of that if its known then shouldn't it be classed as a product recall. Ironically my little Toyota IQ is going in today for a product recall. 6 years on its getting a new manifold.
