Jeryd

yo when your forks get twisted and they are twisted in the triple clamps you just loosen the 4 bolts - 2 on the uper and 2 on the lower clamps hold the wheel and twist them back right? or do you have to loosen the neck stem bolt. i dont see why you would have to but do you?

Kyle_PBZ

Do the axle pinch bolts on one fork, the lower triple bolts on the opposite fork, and the top clamp bolts on the same side as the axle bolts. Loosen all those and it should spring back to just about where it needs to be.

Jeryd

thanks kyle but one question how do i know which side to loosen the axle pinch bolts on?

MikeM

I dont loosen anything. I go press the side of the front wheel against a tree or a wall and then I push on the bars untill the forks are straight again.

HurricaneF2

just loosen one of the triple clamps, either one will work, usually its cuz the lower triple is bent

Kyle_PBZ

Shouldn't matter. Just do the side you normally loosen to take the wheel off.

jowalskiMO

No ****? I haven't had my forks straight, since I swapped em to 929 forks....If this works, I swear I will buy you a tank of gas kyle. Now that I think aboutit, they havent been straight since I destroyed the f4i forks.......wierd

Kyle_PBZ

For the most part they'll go about where they need to be. If not completely you just have to hold the bars and kick the tire.

Jeryd

[QUOTE= usually its cuz the lower triple is bent[/QUOTE]

is this true? i didnt know the triples would bend i thought they were cast and would just snap???

HurricaneF2

yeah, the last 2 bikes i had the lower triples bent when the forks bent. my f4i was tweaked so bad that you couldnt straighten them by twisting, so i had to buy a new one. if the forks and triples are all straight, you should just slide the forks in and tighten them and the front end will be straight, if you have to twist the frontend, something is tweaked