Steering Stem Bent ?
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I did one hell of endo last weekend and i know my bars are bent. I was looking at my tie rods,a-arms ,ball joints and other related parts to see what other damage i did. So my ? is - must you remove the steering stem to tell if it's bent or are there any other tests that can indicate a bent stem.
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I did a major endo as well and after looking at what I had to replace (handle bars, plastics, shock, headlight bracket ect.) I thought that was it. When I got the new parts installed, the alignment was off by about 2 inches or so to the right. I compared it to my other quad and EVERYTHING looked perfect, so I finally deceided to pull the steering shaft and sure enough, the flange that the tie rods bolt onto was bent. Ordered a new one ($175), installed it and now everything is straight again. Several people looked at the quad as well as I but there was no way to tell it was bent until I remeved it.
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Well no bent stem but new bars and some cosmetic damage,around the headlights.I took it out yeterday and, my quad starting cutting out so now i have the ol girl tore back down hopeing it's only dirt in the carb .Pulled the plug and it was black as could it could be but, found no noticable dirt in carb. Hopefully i got it
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