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Old May 29, 2009 | 02:00 PM
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Default kfx 400 , when i ride and wheelie it goes to the right (please need to kno by tomorow

whenever i ride my 06 kfx400 it goes to the right a tiny bit but when i wheelie it goes to the right. the tires are both evenly set to 36 psi. think its the axle?
 
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Old May 29, 2009 | 02:03 PM
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36 psi? I hope that's a typo.

Have you tried shifting your weight any to offset it?

Do the tires have any slime in them?
 
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Old May 29, 2009 | 02:06 PM
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ohh haha the tires say 2.5 (something) / 36psi
yes i lean my weight to the left and nothing works

it happened with my old tires and the new ones i got itp holeshot gncc
 
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no slime
 
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Old May 29, 2009 | 02:08 PM
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no slime and i dnt get this. the manual says 4.0 psi but the tire says 36 psi
im gonna go lower it to 4 psi
 
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Have you had the back end up on a stand or blocks and tried to see if the axle is bent? I would think it would pull with all four on the ground if it was.
 
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Old May 29, 2009 | 02:44 PM
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You had 36psi in the tires? Seriously? I imagine it will pull with 36psi......... BTW 36psi is the MAX for setting the bead. As a rule you don't want to run any tire more than 1/4 of the bead set.....so 9psi would be the MAX you want to ever ride on.
 
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Old May 29, 2009 | 03:08 PM
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i set it to 4 in bakc and 4.4 in front. yea that was dumb. it was only 36 psi for like 10 minutes. but the axle i never had on a stand
 
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Old May 30, 2009 | 09:01 AM
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any other suggestions guys?
 
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Old May 31, 2009 | 11:01 AM
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Two things can cause this.
#1 Rear steer. This is caused when the axel is cocked and the wheel base is shorter on one side and longer on the other. Make sure there is no rear steer.

#2 Stagger. This is caused when one tire is bigger than the other. People think that just because they have the same PSI in the tires they will be the same size. This is not the case. You will have to measure the tires to make sure you have no stagger.
 
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