When I fitted a rear hugger a few months back I discovered the CARC torque arm was bent (photos). I’ve finally got round to replacing it but I thought I’d ask for any other ideas on why it could be bent. This is a substantial piece of metalwork profiled not to bend.
I’ve owned the bike just over a year but very soon realised the rear shock was past it’s best by a long way. With a pillion on and even with preload close to max it would bottom out. I do remember one big invisible dip in the road that bottomed us so hard my wife’s fingers got trapped between grab handle and pannier frames. That was probably the seat subframe flexing but I suspect could also have bent the torque arm. Equally it could have been like this long before I got the bike. Nice Nitron rear shock on it now too specc’d to our weights
Any other possible causes you can think of? The new arm is nice and straight, fitted with a new bush and painted in Hammerite. Which is a bit shiney but looks ok.
