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It may also stem from bad swing arm bearings, no play in them and move as they should relatively well but not buttery smooth. Although yamaha decided that plastic bushings with no grease from factory is acceptable....
Reading around online it's not unknown for these to snap like this, often only 1-3 years from new and under 5k miles, pathetic really.
BrickMan
I'll bring the welder over and we'll have that good as new in 5 minutes ;)