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  1. 03-25-2017, 07:10 PM #1
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    Default BRP DAMPER

    Another Brp Damper failure.
    I didn't even get 300 miles before the vibration was back. not even a bearing just plastic on plastic. I cold smell it when I got in the garage
    sure enough wobbled around.
    not sure what to do.
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    The BRP damper definitely has ball bearings in them. I have installed quite a few without any failures. Not to say there are not defective ones but BRP has shipped many hundreds of these and the failures are not wide spread. My wife has about 5000 miles on hers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jcthorne View Post
    The BRP damper definitely has ball bearings in them. I have installed quite a few without any failures. Not to say there are not defective ones but BRP has shipped many hundreds of these and the failures are not wide spread. My wife has about 5000 miles on hers.
    We also have thousands of miles on our F3dampeners with no issues. The only failures I've seen reported are F3 dampeners that have been adapted to RT's.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lamonster View Post
    We also have thousands of miles on our F3dampeners with no issues. The only failures I've seen reported are F3 dampeners that have been adapted to RT's.
    The ribbed belt on the early RT's probably contribute to those failures since the ribbing is very substantial & the roller diameter is small by comparison.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Lamonster View Post
    We also have thousands of miles on our F3dampeners with no issues. The only failures I've seen reported are F3 dampeners that have been adapted to RT's.
    Why do you think failure only occurs with the adapted installations?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lamonster View Post
    We also have thousands of miles on our F3dampeners with no issues. The only failures I've seen reported are F3 dampeners that have been adapted to RT's.

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    Being new to the Spyder is this an OEM part or something added for an improvement
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