G1900S cracked/repaired frame

[Blachermeier]

I recently picked up this G1900S and decided to touch up the paint a bit and research the Serial number when I realized the plate on the left hand side frame just behind front wheel is gone. Looking closer it looks like there are some “non factory welds”. I’m not to concerned as it looks like it’s very solid and welds are good. Also I saw on this website these are known for frame issues. Going off these rough pictures does this looks like the common frame areas that have issues from the factory?


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[Blachermeier]

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[SidecarFlip]

Fugly welds, not only on the frame but the bolted through bracket as well, certainly not a factory job and.... I'd get the wound around grass or whatever it is wrapped around the stub shaft going into the 'U' joint removed. That will eat up the seal in short order. Should be some sort of shield in there to prevent that from happening.

 

[Blachermeier]

Great point thanks for pointing that out


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[lugbolt]

another suggestion (and this is REAL important for the BX folks).....

REMOVE the PTO stub shaft.

I have seen this countless times, particularly on BX's. Leave that stub hanging; and someone (or even yourself) comes along, inadvertently turns the pto on not thinking about the stub hanging down and bam, there goes your oil pan....or on the BX's, the filter and the transmission front cover. Or....on some of the ZG222/227 and 300 series diesels, takes out the transmission filter and the front cover along with it. Thousands of dollars worth of repairs in some cases. I've had to replace a bunch of them over the years because of leaving the stub shaft. It takes 2 seconds to remove it, under a second to destroy expensive parts. Even saw a guy do it on a B series, left the shaft on the rear pto, turns the pto on and that shaft nearly wiped the operator out. If it hadn't been for the ROPS it would have. Shaft hit the top link, but the top link hit the ROPS and bound everything up. If it hadn't, the top link would have very easily swung up and whacked the guy in the back of the head.