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dirtmerchant42
04-30-2007, 04:47 PM
Well yesterday i was riding and me and a couple buddies were racing around and i went to go pass them and at the same time the guy in front of me went 2 pass to.
he cut over in front of me while i was already bout to pass him and he sent me to flipping
i get up somehow and nothings broken on me and i was fine.
go flip over the quad n the bars are really bad but everything else seems alright.
so i go to change the bars today and im looking at it and i can obviously tell i messed something else up but i just cant pin point it
i can turn the bars one way really far and the other way i cant turn them near as far.
also when its just sitting there the right front tire is bowed in towards the quad a little bit.
thanks

Old Head
04-30-2007, 05:08 PM
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r276/oldhead400ex/newpics007.jpg
does the tire look like this? and check my post frame tweaked in the 400 section to see the difference in the shock to a-arm distance to see if you have the same problem. there are a few people on here that have 1 tire leaning in like this.

dirtmerchant42
04-30-2007, 05:16 PM
its kinda like that but a little more
also when i put my new bars on my handle bars sit crooked up there so im kinda thinking its my steering stem now
thanks

Old Head
04-30-2007, 05:33 PM
If the stem isn't bent the plate on top that the bar clamps are bolted to could be bent, happened to my buddie. the tire lean i can't seem to pin point.

miller821
04-30-2007, 06:08 PM
Check your stem and tie-rods.

dirtmerchant42
04-30-2007, 06:26 PM
the steering stem seems to be nice n straight
the top part where the bars bolt to is prolly where its bent bc it looks kinda funny

dirtmerchant42
05-02-2007, 06:41 PM
alright i snapped a few pics today so yall could see it a lil better

http://i11.tinypic.com/6gwbvb5.jpg
http://i13.tinypic.com/4q4m3no.jpg
http://i15.tinypic.com/66jlekh.jpg
http://i14.tinypic.com/6g00wm1.jpg
http://i14.tinypic.com/6cmvina.jpg

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CaptainRedbeard
05-03-2007, 08:42 AM
Pull off everything so you can get a good look at the top of the steering stem. My didn't look bent either, but when I saw the top section (4-5 inches or so) it was obviously tweaked.

vett_09
05-03-2007, 10:33 AM
From the pics it looks like you bent your wheel hub. That's why you're getting the / type bend when you're looking at the quad from the front. If it were your tie rods it would look the same / \ when looking down from the top. It's hard to tell from your pictures if the tie rods are also bent or not.

I had to replace a wheel hub on mine after it was flipped hill climbing.

tar
05-03-2007, 02:36 PM
Take the front plastic off that way you can see it all better and you might be able to point it out easier.