Mine are toast after 2.5 months.
I had mine since November, and one of my upper bearings is stuck. STUCK. Well, checked the manual, and it seems it is not as per specification either. It is speced as an angular contact (7903 2RS MAX), but is something else (6903 VRS). Definitely a warranty claim but what will be faster? Ordering a kit from Enduro Fork seals or wait for my LBS to get their feet out their ass and get me some real ones. I think I will try both..Bring on bearing replacements under warranty, Yeti.
Other companies are doing it - Santa cruz = lifetime warranty/free replacement. Orange = 5 year warranty on pivot bearings. but for yeti, 6 months in and you have to buy a new set yourself.
small company should equal better, individual customer care. Unfortunately it feels like we're left here holding the can on these bearings and lack of thought re - insulating them from wet, muddy conditions.
How is e.g. this upper pivot bearing supposed to last?
My guess is that you simply have a defective weld that has gone bad because the crack is right along the root of the weld. Hopefully this isn't a high stress point and we don't see any others.Hi Guys,
Talking on the SB 66 Defects....
has any one cracked their SB 66 Rear triangle or am I the first one?
I have the bike for only 2 months, did 520km of All mountain rides .
Jump maximum 1.5 meter & my wight is 95KG, I could not believe it when i saw the cracked rear triangle.
I love the bike, they go up and down as promised i do with them all what i could not do with my previous bike (GT Force 2.0) . I am just concerned now as i read your thread about faulty parts, and i know the history of the 575 rear triangle.
I am not sure if i should keep the bike or not !?
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No I didn't. I was cleaning my bike and trying to diagnose creaks when I found it. I probably wouldn't have noticed it otherwise. To me it looks like it was a bad weld. As I mentioned before the replacement swingarm has been fine and I'm riding about 3 times a week with technical rocky trail.TB,
Did you happen to notice any cracks in the stay before it went? I just installed some cranks not too long ago before my chain stay broke at exact same spot as yours. I clean and go through my bike fairly thoroughly before each ride and didn't notice any cracks at all. My gut tells me the stay just went at this spot without much warning. Similar experience to what you had? I am patiently waiting for new stay at this time as it is suppose to be in the mail. Happy Yeti is taking care of me for sure, but feels like forever and I am borrowing someone else's bike in the meantime...just not the same.
Thx,
JG
Hi, I am glad you brought this is up. I totally agree with you. Its a great ride but the issues seem to be a constant freak out. I just wish you can bypass the dealer and walk into Yeti for these issues. Now, I am worried about the life of my rear triangle (no serial) and getting charged extra by a dealer for calling into yeti for the warranty process.Upper shock link bearings: 6903VRSAGA
Lower shock link bearings: 6902VRS
In reading all of these complaints it does seem Yeti is having some first year issues with the SB series. I'm sure they expected some issues to show up after getting the bikes in the hands of the general public. Hopefully those will be addressed and corrected in short manner.Well I've been extremely patient with these guys and nothing seems to be getting done. It looks like I'll have to pay to get some of the correct bearings which really sucks since Yeti put out the bulletin about the bearings.
Considering that this is my second bit of awful service from Yeti (575 frame also) I'll be stripping the parts off of the frame, rebuilding the bearings then selling it. I really don't want to have to deal with Yeti and/or Jenson on any further issues especially if the frame ends up cracking like some of the others.