clicking and hard to turning

[300exlunatic]

me and my friends were riding a track thats next to an orchard 2weeks ago i lost control on my 300ex and hit a tree bent my bumber cracked the hood and now it turns hard to the right and theres a clicking noise can ne1 help me:ermm:

[ZSK]

Most likely a bent tie rod, those usually go on a decent crash, next check the bolts where the tie rod ends bolt into the spindles, and the steering stem, mine come loose once in a while and it clicks when i turn.

[300exlunatic]

thought it was really serious tie rods are cheap

[ZSK]

I'm not saying that's what it is, it could be a bushing in one of your a-arms, or a locked ball joint, etc... I would check over all of your front end, if nothing looks broken or bent, lube it up and ride slow to try to pinpoint where the click is coming from.

[300exlunatic]

im just going to take it to the shop cuz i cant find NE problems so i dont want to risk it

[toby400ex]

my a-arm bearings are shot and they click and the whole a-arm moves when u turn the bars, kinda sounds like ur problem:o

take your steering stem off and look at it i bet you its bent back, with the bend in it its rubbuing against the holder and all the grease is gone and now its metal against the bushing making it harder to turn and creeking and clicking, if the stem doenst bother you take the holder off and grease the bushing up treal good , youll probaly have to do it alot until you get a new stem