Crappy Ass Busted Dj3

[Rampager]

I have 2 small, and i mean small cracks on the underside of the crown. Its not a new fork, so no warranty. Im not worried too much about it now, but i dont think it will take long for them to get worse. I ride only street and dj on that bike. I dont know wether to save up now and buy a flick, (ill have the money in a few weeks) or ride the dj or what. Wat would you do?

[Rosscofat]

keep riding.. AXX had like 3 or 4 cranks that were huge on his Dj's and he just kept riding it

[VancouverIslguy]

Ben still has cracks in his. don't worry too much, just watch them.

[Rampager]

I guess im a little wierded out cause my buddy snapped his and now hes toothless. Im serious. :rolleyes: :mad:

[Coop]

so, it should be pretty much a no brainer not to ride them, right ?

[Rampager]

Thats what i was thinking, but ive also heard thats its not much of a biggie.....

[IFO]

its your face....

to me if its cracked, that means its already busted....

:(

[switch]

What year is your DJ3?

[Rampager]

03.

[Loopie]

Aluminum fails catastrophically(sp?).
IMHO.....you can "keep an eye" on steel. But aluminum? when it goes, it'll GO.
It's your face.

[Keefer]

Originally posted by Loopie
Aluminum fails catastrophically(sp?).
IMHO.....you can "keep an eye" on steel. But aluminum? when it goes, it'll GO.
It's your face.

Exactly.

[dudski]

mmmmm marzocchi sc's.

so far its been. two 01 z3 qr20's(arches)
a dj3 2003 qr20 then broke it again(crown twice)
dj3 with z1 drop off uppers (cracked crown)


o what will norco send me this time, for me to trade in for a flick plus and me paying some money.

[inshane]

dude, this is aluminum we are talking about...
It wont just bend like steel will. It will just snap clean in half when you least expect it....

[PegCityThrasher]

And any fork will break/crack when subjected to those kinds of forces. It's not just Marzo. I wouldn't expect a Manitou to fare any better in those circumstances. I mean, I abused the living hell out of a 2002 DJ1 and never broke/cracked it, and so far as a read on thse boards they were supposed to be fairly notorious for that.

[tashi]

Dude fix that s--t. A broken fork can cripple you no problem.

[pump]

think about this,

you do a dj set, you case it, your fork SNAPs, and you fall and flip and break your collar bone, thats mighty fun!,

save up for a stance, or run one of those old school forks if you have any,

[.Robinson]

Originally posted by Rampager
I have 2 small, and i mean small cracks on the underside of the crown. Its not a new fork, so no warranty. Im not worried too much about it now, but i dont think it will take long for them to get worse. I ride only street and dj on that bike. I dont know wether to save up now and buy a flick, (ill have the money in a few weeks) or ride the dj or what. Wat would you do?

dont they all crack there?

[downstairs]

arnt the 04s steel

[drunken_duncan]

you know whats gay, is when the disc tabs on your z.1 wedge break off, and you have 3 months of warrenty left on the first fork, you get you're new fork back, and it cracks, when you no longer have warrenty left.

so here i am stuck with a cracked dj3, and no money for a new fork.

i am sooooo close to getting a nice little bmx.

[KOW49]

Originally posted by drunken_duncan
you know whats gay, is when the disc tabs on your z.1 wedge break off, and you have 3 months of warrenty left on the first fork, you get you're new fork back, and it cracks, when you no longer have warrenty left.

so here i am stuck with a cracked dj3, and no money for a new fork.

i am sooooo close to getting a nice little bmx.

man just get a banshee rigid fork. thats what Im gonna get for the 4 hun.

STUPID FORKS less then 20 rides and winter rides mind you and mine had 2 cm long cracks. Your talking to a person who rode a 01 z5 regular qr for 2 and half years without any problems. I also ride bmx.

Marzocchi made a design mistake. Im thinking that someones gonna get owned and sue marzochhi for it or press for a recall. This happened to manitou a few years back on some sort of steerer issue on some cheap forks.

every person that I have seen with a 03 dj serious fork has cracks in their crown. I made a rant thread about this a LONG TIME ago I still cant believe crap like this hasent been recalled.

[Sobot_FR]

Eric (cookedbananas) has I think one or two tiny cracks, maybe .5cm long???

and he's still riding. I tried his bike, the fork makes weird oises when ding endos:eek:

[switch]

If you asked me, I'd say the cryofit process is flawed.

[Keefer]

Originally posted by drunken_duncan
you know whats gay, is when the disc tabs on your z.1 wedge break off, and you have 3 months of warrenty left on the first fork, you get you're new fork back, and it cracks, when you no longer have warrenty left.

so here i am stuck with a cracked dj3, and no money for a new fork.

i am sooooo close to getting a nice little bmx.

If you get crash replacement, it comes with a new warrantee :)

[KOW49]

Originally posted by Keefer
If you get crash replacement, it comes with a new warrantee :)

not cash replacement and the warrenty is continued over from old fork. stated by norco and marz

[Rampager]

Lets keep on track here. Keep the dj or buy a flick?

[drunken_duncan]

Originally posted by Rampager
Lets keep on track here. Keep the dj or buy a flick?

you've allready got a slider, why do you even have to ask?

BUY THE FLICK

[Mountain Dewd]

no buy a stance, go to answerproducts.com for more specs. just a flick with cro mo stanchions and lower end valving on some of them.

[VancouverIslguy]

Manitou.

http://www.answerproducts.com/items.asp?deptid=1&itemid=129

what I want to get.

[Rampager]

Originally posted by drunken_duncan
you've allready got a slider, why do you even have to ask?

BUY THE FLICK


Because i dont want to spend more money on my bikes.


I cant decide between a 04 flick (i dont want 6 inches in a +), or a stance static.

[Shocker]

i love 6 pound 3" forks!!!