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OK guys i’m in a bit of a panic at the moment,
On the last lap at Inverell I’ve lost the front end and had a personal experience with a gum tree with a bit of pace ( the better part of 2nd gear ) i’m fine but I’ve bent something in the front end, now from memory around the headlight area was the part that hit the tree. My worst fear I’ve bent the head of the frame, ive got a feeling also it may be the triple clamps but I’m unsure. I’ve tried loosening everything and trying to re-aline everything but it wouldn’t budge from the position.
This picture was taken with the handle bars straight.
the lower steering bearing will not come off, should it come off easy ? also does the sharft look out of true ?
some pics of the head of the frame, due to the CRF’s great wiring i couldnt get it all out of the way but i tried to get the best pictures.
( Don’t judge the state of the inside of the head stem, i plan to tidy it all up )
Any help would be great guys !
Now that everything is apart it will probably go back together nicely.
Even though you loosened the triple clamp bolts (I assume all) it still may have needed a bit of pressure to put things straight.
It takes a fair old wack to bend a bike, usually the operator comes out even more bent
Check the forks anyway now that there out, may be a good time to change the fork oil too
If your changing the steering bearings then you may need to persuade the bearing off otherwise give it a good clean and grease.
Adam.
dttugboat wrote:Yeah that should work but make sure u check it from both ends . The wheel looks misaligned in the wrong plane for it to be the triple clamps or headstock. If it was the frame they usually distort or crack if you want to give it a close look.I had a really good look at the welds around the frame and it doesnt look to have cracked or have any signs of stress ( thank god ) definatly plan on checking both ends.
adam wrote:Now that everything is apart it will probably go back together nicely.Even though you loosened the triple clamp bolts (I assume all) it still may have needed a bit of pressure to put things straight.
It takes a fair old wack to bend a bike, usually the operator comes out even more bent
Check the forks anyway now that there out, may be a good time to change the fork oil too
If your changing the steering bearings then you may need to persuade the bearing off otherwise give it a good clean and grease.
Adam.
Thats what im hoping has happened adam, the top triple clamp was tight on the forks so i have a feeling all it may have been was they where twisted, but like you’ve said now its apart i might as well go right over it and give it some love. The bearing is going to come off because ive buggered the lower seal trying to ‘pursuade ‘ the bearing off, so now it must go. The top bearing will be removed, cleaned and re greased.
Sorry for the delayed update guys, but good news the crf lives once again !
Re assembly went smooth ( all bar that stubborn bearing on the head stem, nothing the oxy couldn’t fix ) once re assembled everything looked spot on. With a week to spare before upper horton a bit of riding was done
I’ll get round to doing a ride report from upper horton, one hint but, dust 
Cheers for all the help guys !
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