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Front Suspension (Forks) Are Super Stiff
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<blockquote data-quote="James" data-source="post: 20378" data-attributes="member: 2"><p>So the other day I finally went over the bike and fixed everything from the <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/cripple.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":cripple:" title="Cripple :cripple:" data-shortname=":cripple:" />. Everything's good, she fired right up and nothing was really messed up minus the front wheel getting cocked sideways, plastics ALL scuffed up, and the sub-frame might have gotten bent a tad more.</p><p></p><p>Ok back to the forks, the front wheel was probably turned a good 3-4 inchs to the right (looking head on). So I disassembled the whole front end; wheel, brake, suspension, and then put it all back together. Everything lined up nice, so I torqued everything down. After everything was back together I hopped on to try it out. The rear shock sank right away, but the front didn't budge, so I put all my weight up front. It finally "gave" and went down, something's not right, so I try it again. Same thing, it seemed to grab onto something at the top. I think to myself, maybe I made the bottom bolts on the triple clamp to tight and it's binding up. Nope that didn't work, still does the same thing.<img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/foul.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":foul:" title="Foul :foul:" data-shortname=":foul:" /></p><p></p><p>I'm not really "filled in" on the inner workings of the front suspension, any ideas on what I should be looking for?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James, post: 20378, member: 2"] So the other day I finally went over the bike and fixed everything from the :cripple:. Everything's good, she fired right up and nothing was really messed up minus the front wheel getting cocked sideways, plastics ALL scuffed up, and the sub-frame might have gotten bent a tad more. Ok back to the forks, the front wheel was probably turned a good 3-4 inchs to the right (looking head on). So I disassembled the whole front end; wheel, brake, suspension, and then put it all back together. Everything lined up nice, so I torqued everything down. After everything was back together I hopped on to try it out. The rear shock sank right away, but the front didn't budge, so I put all my weight up front. It finally "gave" and went down, something's not right, so I try it again. Same thing, it seemed to grab onto something at the top. I think to myself, maybe I made the bottom bolts on the triple clamp to tight and it's binding up. Nope that didn't work, still does the same thing.:foul: I'm not really "filled in" on the inner workings of the front suspension, any ideas on what I should be looking for? [/QUOTE]
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