[crallin]

I saw a post on this a little bit ago, but I coudn't find it.

I was riding yesterday over some pretty rough stuff. When I got finished for the day I looked at my handlebars which were straight and my wheels were crooked. My first reaction was, oh shit I bent a tie rod, but they both look fine.My only other thought was that I either stripped the steering stem or I twisted it. What do you guys think? Should I just adjust the tierods and call it good? Do you think my denton steering stabilizer had anything to do with this?

 

[bberck]

I have heard of a few guys bending the steering stem you might look at it. :thumbsup:

 

[crallin]

I will take a look tomorrow. Any other suggestions from anyone?

 

[RaptorRacer45]

Nope, pretty much narrowed 2 the stem from the way it seems

 

[raptor700rnut]

my friend flipped mine on its side and it slowly rolled over on the bars. after that i noticed that my bars were not straight when riding . couldn't see anything wrong till i removed the pitman arm from the bottom of the stem and had somebody slowly turn the bars. the end of the shaft was making a half moon and not straight. give that a shot and see if it is bent. hope that helps

 

[crallin]

If I just adjust the tierods will that fix it?

 

[raptor700rnut]

i would thinks so, but if things are bent i wouldn't chance having it break at the worst possible moment.