Holy Crap!

[scottychop]

Oops. Just got this bike last week and already finding out that paint does NOT hold things together....

 

[Rocan]

god! what a botch job!


OBVIOUSLY that guy never heard of Superglue :

haha in all seriousness... damn... that must have been scary to find!

 

[hillsy]

That break looks pretty fresh, so I doubt if the PO would have known about it.

Anyway, the lugs are still on the shock body so the spring would still stay on the shock.

Unnerving but.....

 

[scottychop]

Yes, fresh breaks. I didn't have a fork tool, and was twisting by hand with a small chuck key in one hole. Live and learn I guess......

 

[crazypj]

They all do that sir
Looks like someone tried to adjust it without proper spanner and didn't lube it up first. (they don't tell you that in manual/handbook)
Its also crap casting, seen quite a few break like that on aftermarket shocks

 

[scottychop]

"The right tool for the job" in this case was not me.

Scott

 

[crazypj]

Now its broken you can see where it was corroded onto body. need to 'rock' adjusters to make sure they are loose enough to turn.
I always grease them up if I have springs off shocks