Went riding yesterday and jumped kind of off camber and came down really hard on the right front and bruised my chest on the bars. Now my right wheel is turned out about an inch.. I checked everything and couldnt find anything bent - not tierods, tierod ends, or a arms..

After looking it over about a dozen times I found that the bottom piece thats bolted on the bottom of the steering stem that the inner tierods mounts to is bent. It looks like its iron though, not sure how this bent instead of the tierod end. I looked at my riding buddies and his seemed bent also - only his was bent less.

Anybody else bent this thing? Look from the front through the bumper down at the base of the stearing stem and check yours, on mine the tierod end on the left is 1/4" lower than the one on the right (when looking from the front)

 

^ has anyone bent this thing?

 

My friend has a 2001 warrior, and his is bent. looks like a new steering stem for him, I haven't looked close at mine to see if it is a seperate piece though.

 

It is a seperate piece. but looks like iron to me.