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crashbandit

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• Sep 18, 2006

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Yo, i kinnda wrecked this weekend and messed the front end of my bike up. The bars and forks are strait but the front wheel is bent to the right. the wheel itself isnt bent b'c it rolls strait. What is it that needs to be replaced?

Thanks

 

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• Sep 18, 2006

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crashbandit said:

Yo, i kinnda wrecked this weekend and messed the front end of my bike up. The bars and forks are strait but the front wheel is bent to the right. the wheel itself isnt bent b'c it rolls strait. What is it that needs to be replaced?

Thanks

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the bent or broken parts.... ;)

 

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dezryder

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• Sep 22, 2006

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Old school, we just straddled the front wheel, grab the bars and tweaked everything back straight. That was the good old days...before ergometricks! Much simpler life it was. :)

 

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crashbandit

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• Sep 23, 2006

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appreish the great help but some more specific info. would work alot better.
thanks ez

 

Ol'89r

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• Sep 23, 2006

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Unless you bent a fork tube or front axle, dezryder was pretty spot on. Loosen the axle pinch bolts and the triple clamp bolts and stand in front of your bike with the front wheel between your knees. Grab the handlebars and twist the opposite way from the tweaked position. Move the bars back and forth a little bit to center the wheel and then tighten the pinch bolts.

Just my $ .02

 

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dezryder

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• Sep 23, 2006

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What OL'89r said.
That wasn't so hard was it? Sometimes it can also be accomplished on the trail, without tools even.