knocking the bars out of line

[dobbi]

Hey all.

 

Its taken a while for me to start taking my t7 off road and even before that, I've found dropping the thing virtialy every time really knocked the front fork allignment right out.  I did a pretty god job of bouncing it back inot line, but until I could get a home made 27mm socket to get down to the headstock clamp (this time around) I never seemed to get it back spot on (I think also the heastock clamp was not tourqued up to the full N/M).

 

So the big question is, do you find the bars/forks get knocked out of line when you drop the bike, soft or hard?

 

Cheers

 

Dave

[Oldhorse]

Yes, I gently bumped mine back in alignment twice between two small trees on the trail.

Also the stock bars bend easily.

Both times (and only drops) were at a slow jogging speed so it doesn't take much with a heavy bike.

[Hammerhead]

Yes, but It’s largely the bar risers, being rubber mounted, that seem to have tweaked out in my case as opposed to the triple clamps. 

[Alan M]

37 minutes ago, dobbi said:

Hey all.

 

Its taken a while for me to start taking my t7 off road and even before that, I've found dropping the thing virtialy every time really knocked the front fork allignment right out.  I did a pretty god job of bouncing it back inot line, but until I could get a home made 27mm socket to get down to the headstock clamp (this time around) I never seemed to get it back spot on (I think also the heastock clamp was not tourqued up to the full N/M).

 

So the big question is, do you find the bars/forks get knocked out of line when you drop the bike, soft or hard?

 

Cheers

 

Dave

Dave,

 

The headstock nut being slack shouldn’t have a bearing on alignment. When you knock the front wheel out off alignment it’s the forks twisting in the triple clamps that knocks it out, top & bottom clamps are joined through the fork tubes.

 

You need to slacken the lower clamp to fork tube pinch bolts  and one side of the wheel axle.

 

This video is a good guide.