The scrammy rolled over some boulders.

The part of the frame that the upper steering stem mount bolts to is bent. Basicly pushed back (towards the gas tank) about 3 inches.

I plan to just take everything off of it and start whomping on it.

anyone been there?? any advice??

 

same thing happened on my xplorer it just took a lot of pounding and prying but it's straight now [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

get the hotseat one if ur gonna get a new one. its lighter and is chromoly so is stronger

 

What,,,,frame???

 

DOOHHHHH i though u said u wrecked tghe steering stem.. sorry

 

Oh, I see

I think my stem is straight actually,,,,imagine that.

My headlight rollcage is mangled,,,,the front racks are mangled (took rack off),,,,everything else is fine.

 

I've bent a couple of frames as you described. After pounding it out, you may want to stiffen it with a piece of angle bolted across the tower using the upper bushing retainer bolts. Drill a hole large enough for the grease zirk to fit through...

 

I used a porta-power to bend it back today

used the rubber mounts on the ram

You cant even tell that it was ever bent,,,,,not even a scratch.

the porta just paid for itself imo,,,,took about 2 minutes,,,,,,and I didnt need to take off all the little stuff mounted to the tree

 

Porta Power????

Sounds like a energy bar[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

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