400ex steering stem

[400exrida06]

My steering stem rubs up against my plastic peice that sits on top of the tank, and i dont know if its bent and can be straightend but what should i do?

did the gas tank come un done or sumthin?

Yeah its bent mines bent the same way

Did u ever flip backwards n land on the bars really hard cuz thats my issue lol

[400exrida06]

no the gas tank never came un done, but im the same problem as Honda MaNiAc 01, it must be bent because i did the same thing lol, can it be straightend or should i just not worry about it?

[theTman]

mine did that...my stem is bent...i just took that cover right off

[400exstud]

Mine was the same way and was bent. You can get stock stems off of ronnies mail order ( www.ronnies.com ) for about $60 I think. I just went with Houser and don't regret it at all.

[prepracing]

u can bend your stem back, but that will just make it weaker

[rYan01400EX]

This might sound way idiotic but it worked... My buddy had an old 400EX and plowed down a tree. He took his stem off, tied a come along to it, then a tow strap, then the tow strap hooked to a truck.... Put the steering stem behind a big tree, and drove off slowly... It straightened his stem almost perfectly... Easy, redneck method to doing things.

I bent my sub frame the other day. I stratened it red neck stlyle, hammar.

[rYan01400EX]

Thats the only way man. I grew up believing strongly that duct tape and chicken wire will fix anything.

[DaveEX7]

Originally posted by rYan01400EX
This might sound way idiotic but it worked... My buddy had an old 400EX and plowed down a tree. He took his stem off, tied a come along to it, then a tow strap, then the tow strap hooked to a truck.... Put the steering stem behind a big tree, and drove off slowly... It straightened his stem almost perfectly... Easy, redneck method to doing things.