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Originally Posted by SeerAtlas
I have NEVER had a welded piece rust off, that's NEVER! I've had some cheap ass oem screws and bolts go bad, but stainless replacements were easy to come by.
In short, rust on "ALL BIKES" my azz.....
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OK, your azz. I do welding. From the photos the weld is still 100% intact. There was decent penetration. The part did not "rust off". Just look at the edges of the weld where the metal is broken off. That's a sharp edge. The sharp edge is due to a crack and the rust you see is just normal surface rust that you get from bare metal exposed to the atmosphere. The rust is also fairly recent, otherwise it would be crusted over and expanded. No, this is a crack that was either caused by impact or vibration. I'm now of the opinion that vibration is the culprit since others have had exactly the same problem.