Chain Rub Block

[ramseybella]

The UHMW Works great, I bought a block for $7.00 My tiger will be dead and gone by the time I use it all up.
The Triumph block is hard rubber so i cut the rubber away and built my new block.

[cochris]

I WILL get this thing fixed yet... :?:  
Anyone ever seen the tab for the rub block mount come off the peg tube? I cleaned the rectangular frame bar, no sign whatsoever of any previous weld; powdercoating is totally undisturbed. However, under the tube that braces the rub block, there is clearly a broken weld. Could this be where the 'bolt' tab for the rub block originated at one time? 97 Steamer...

[rf9rider]

If you can wait a couple of days i`ll get my spare frame out and take a few pics if thats any help to you?

[Sin_Tiger]

It's possible that it wasn't welded on too solidly in the first place, mine's been welded up as well.

[cochris]

Any help/ photos would be appreciated. No clue what the weld break is under that footpeg mount tube??? Definitely a broken tab of some sort. Thanks again everyone.

[Sin_Tiger]

Any help/ photos would be appreciated.

Check the links in my post above.

[rf9rider]

Heres pics as promised, though the bracket looks different to others i`ve seen.
This bracket is an "L" shaped, welded both horizontally and vertically.
Looks stronger than others too!

[cochris]

Thank you very much for the picts!! This is the way I'm going to go about fixing it.

[Sin_Tiger]

This bracket is an "L" shaped, welded both horizontally and vertically.
Looks stronger than others too!

Zoomed in as close as I could on the welds but not that clear. It does look like a replacement and yes probably stronger.

[Rocinante]

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Aha! Thanks to this thread, which I stumbled over, I have realized two things. One, why the chain makes such a tick tick sound when I roll the bike without the engine on and why there are new kinds of wibes on the footpegs., and two, why there was a strange breaking noise and feeling from below the bike some time ago. I stopped and wondered what the heck went to pieces but couldn´t find anything. Now there´s no bracket where there should have been one. This thread made me realize it.

So I´m off to the workshop of my kind father in law with printed images to make a copy of this before the weekend ride I´ve planned for a long time.

Three times horay for this excellent forum.