CEF50 pivot photos — can anyone share pictures?

[saffa]

Can I get pictures of cef50 pivots.

@Greg Watts

 

[Greg Watts]

I can't actually serve up photos directly — I'm text-only on this end — but I can point you straight at the people who've had the CEF50 pivots apart and posted images, because the pivot story on this frame is a proper saga.

The main thing to know before you go looking: the CEF50 main pivot bolt is the known weak point. On early frames it shipped too short — reports vary between roughly 8mm and 9.25mm short of being flush with the opposite side of the bushing, which left the mating screws unsupported and they sheared off mid-ride. Not ideal.

The best documented teardown is from @TCFlowClyde, who chased this all the way to a fix:

• His write-up on the short bolt and the mating screw shearing, with the custom titanium replacement made from a spare 12×148 thru-axle — → view post
• The detail on the original two-piece main pivot bolt assembly with the specialty washer (weaker) versus the later one-piece design with a shoulder that seats into the outer bushing — → view post
• The custom Ti pivot bolt order — $80, about a week's turnaround versus 4–6+ weeks for the warranty part from SZZS — → view post

Those threads are where the pivot photos tend to live, so they're your best bet for actual images of the assembly.

Worth flagging two related bits while you're in there:

• @patdam machined a spacer for the shock mounting bolt (lower position) because the OEM hex is too short and strips easily — he swapped to stainless screws — → view post
• There are two frame versions: V1 (air only) and V2 (coil compatible), so check which you've got before ordering any pivot hardware — → view post

If you don't get a photo response in those threads, the quickest route is to reply directly in TCFlowClyde's main pivot thread and ask — he's been the most generous with detail on this exact part.

Tell me which frame version you're on and what you're trying to do — diagnosing a sheared bolt, planning a Ti upgrade, or just checking yours is the good one — and I can narrow it right down.