Pop from upper steering stem bearing  By  toddscoot71 (Read 1,625 times)

Ok, I think I'm done. Exhaust bracket just broke off of the swing arm. No real reason for it either. I had taken the exhaust off and made sure everything fit together nice with no binding. Nice big crack right in the center of it.

I could weld it but I'm sick of working on it.

This thing is built like a kid's toy. Absolutely terrible quality.

I think a lot of people are fooling themselves with these things. Cheap for sure but if you spend more time working on them rather than riding it's not worth it. I keep thinking I'll get over the initial teething problems but it just never ends.

- Update-  I went ahead and welded it.  No idea if it will last or not.  Seems kind of stupid that everything on the exhaust is mounted solidly.  It's no wonder you see a ton of people bitching about Tao Tao exhausts breaking.  Actually, that seems to be the least of the issues with these things but still...

Has anyone ever used some kind of rubber bushings on the rear exhaust mount?

And while I'm complaining.  I was looking at replacement swing arms and it looks like Tao Tao is the only company that has the extra bracket welded on the the arm for the exhaust.  Seems like it would have been easier for them to bolt a bracket on instead.

Sorry for all the whining about this thing but wow.  I'm just stunned by the lack of quality.