Front Custom Axis wont fully extend

[Mike Pritt]

I ate up a tree pretty hard with my left tire and A-arm yesterday during a race. I have 18.75 Triple Rate Custom Axis and Houser Slicast +1 A-arms. When I put my TRX450R on the stand today I noticed that the left A-Arm would not fully extend. It is about 3 inches above the right A-arm while the bike is on a stand. I took the bottom bolt off the left shock and the A-arm is not causing the problem. The shock looks to be straight and true. What could cause this? Maybe it leaked? The preset is the same on both shocks. Thanks.

[Scro]

Did you try physically pulling the shock shaft out?

[PSNL05]

It sounds like the shaft is bent to me. I would call Custom Axis or whomever services your shocks. I bent my left front tie rod into a C shape in the same race (first lap).

[Mike Pritt]

Thanks for the help. After cleaning up the bike I realized that I bent the frame in the front right behind the a-arm which bent my left front shock shaft. Ouch:(

[Scro]

I've done the exact same thing on two occasions. That's a very weak part of the frame.