No Trek 9.8 4ME

by Pain-e Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:48 pm

I decided to see why the rear wheel of my 9.8 was flexing some much when I hammered the pedal...which was resulting in the cassestte rubbing the inside of the dropouts.....well I think the hole worn though the chainstay may have had something to do with it....third 9.8 back to the factory in five years....go Trek!!! The Homegrown is 9 years old and going strong !!!!

http://www.theracc.com/gallery/ETC/Worned-98Chainstay-pic_699.htm

by fjaws Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:03 pm

Looks like there MAY have been some abuse involved. Not exactly a manufacturing defect.....just saying. Wink

by Chopperguth Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:39 pm

How the hell did a hole get worn through? The hole is pretty far forward , what was causing it? That's crazy.........Steel is REAL!

by Pain-e Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:01 pm

Its from where the chain rubbed the chain stay when I was cranking on the peddles....when it came it had a protective shield covering tha area but that fell off about a week after I got it...we'll see about replacement...if not oh no I'm down to four MTB.....