Wierd break

[caldor78]

Since english isn't my primary language I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves.

It's the right bock that's broken.

I noticed the break after having a 2 km walk to the store with a couple of friends, during the walk there I had noticed that I feelt a new kind of strain on my right foot, but disregarded it as just beeing unused to these new awesome things.
At the store I stayed outside and decided to check the bindings if I could find anything wrong there. That's when I noticed the break on the pipe under the footplate.

After a closer inspection today I also noticed the black plastic plate has slightly twisted, I belive I can credit that to the instability of the bock.

Anyways, I've made it a habit of checking the bocks both before and after I use them to make sure they are ok, so the break had to have happend during my walk to the store. I did do a couple of jumps and a bit of jogging just to show my friends what the bocks are capable of on the way to the store. I just can't belive that a break like that can happen while just walking.

Has anyone even heard of or experienced a break like mine before?

[Bill C.]

Your photos are way too large to properly view.  I really can't see where the break is, but if you are saying it is the tube under the foot platform that the side stabilizer cables are attached to -- then yes I have seen this happen.  XarnuSonic snapped his while jumping  and just got a replacement from the seller.

I don't now why yours would snap from just walking on them -- unless they were previously damaged and had a crack in it.  Did you buy them new or used?

[Dark Knight]

I know of a couple of people who this as happened to.
My tube snaped when I was walking, I know that because it sprun out and I was able to stop where I was.
When you replace it yon may find you've lost one of the clips that hold it in place ( look like a "C" ).

[XarnuSonci]

yup i snapped one, they're a pain in the ass to replace, but if they're still under warranty the seller should give you a new one.  The only thing I could see causing this is if the bolts above and below it got loose and it was allowed to twist.  That bar really should be a solid piece not hollow, would make it a lot stronger.

[caldor78]

The bocks are brand new, not even 1 week old so they are still under warranty.
There had to have been a crack in the tube from the factory or something, because otherwise I just cannot understand how it could break like it did. The bolts are still tight, so it couldn't be misalignment either.

And making the tube a solid bar instead would be so much better.

[Athoul]

Its trying to get the balance between strenght and weight

[Dark Knight]

Its trying to get the balance between strenght and weight

A couple a grams 
I'm thinking of putting a rod inside my tubes not as good as solid but .....

[Athoul]

Its trying to get the balance between strenght and weight

A couple a grams 

It all adds up, a solid metal bar will probably weigh twice as much as a hollow one

[Big Bad Bounce Boy]

ha ha same happened to me i fixed with soild stainless

[joe23002]

u know what the problem is dont u? you're too fat only kiddin, i cant help u on this one haha

[caldor78]

So, I recived my replacement part yesterday. Anyone know of any assembly/disassembly intructions that are availible, preferably in .pdf? So I don't end up with 30 extra bolts and screws after I'm done with the reassembly :p

[jon123]

how did it snap?

[Dark Knight]

So, I recived my replacement part yesterday. Anyone know of any assembly/disassembly intructions that are availible, preferably in .pdf? So I don't end up with 30 extra bolts and screws after I'm done with the reassembly :p

Take lots of pictures of each part you take off, replace the broken part then scroll beward through your pictures ! Simple  

[Sprog]

So, I recived my replacement part yesterday. Anyone know of any assembly/disassembly intructions that are availible, preferably in .pdf? So I don't end up with 30 extra bolts and screws after I'm done with the reassembly :p

None exist, I'll get round to doing some at some point. Just note down what order you took it apart in and with all the bolts and washers, put them all onto the bolt and put the nut on the end so you don't lose any bits. They're a fairly simple design so it'll be quite hard for you to lose any bits.

In the meantime here's exploded and complete colour-coded views so you can see what bit goes where:

[Big Bad Bounce Boy]

dude insted of getting replaement for £4 you can buy a peice of solid stainless like i did and stick it in and but foot rods thru that mine snapped a good 4 -5 times