Steering is a bit twisted after crash... By sillylittleboy (Read 1,400 times)

[sillylittleboy]

And YES... both doubles (martinis). I like mine like Bond, James Bond - vodka martinis, shaken not stirred.

AND that's only after I'm through riding for the day.

[sillylittleboy]

Mystery solved and lesson learned. I do believe those lines that I've placed on the attached photo should run straight down the triple-tree thru the shock. As you can see from the photo, that one arm of the triple-tree is twisted.

So, my work here is done for today. Part ordered, martini shook up, and now I can just relax knowing the fix is just a few days shipping away.

Okay, I do have a little more work to do. I'll be doing what cyborg suggested, "Inspect the sh!t out of the headstock on the frame."
I believe that's the technical term for that process. Hey, I've got her all stripped down, so I might as well inspect everything, do an oil change (engine and gear), and clean up what I can.

[seamusthedog]

glad to see this thread. I just did a faceplant on the 18th of july and got pointed in the right direction by the helpful people on this board without having to ask!

[sillylittleboy]

Yea, had to update the group on my repair work after my nice little face plant. The triple-tree WAS the issue. First place I ordered it waited four days to email me to tell me they were refunding the money for that part on my order (I ordered a couple of body panels that were cracked or broken).

So the next place I ordered from was ScappyDog Scooters out of Las Vegas and let me just give them props! Very fast order processing and shipping and that was all standard, I didn't choose any special shipping. I ordered the part on Tuesday night and it was packed and shipped half-way across the country in just two days to arrive on Friday. I learned later that part of the bearing assembly is pretty much welded/stuck to the old triple-tree. So it was ScrappyDog again for the $15 bearing set and a couple days shipping (got it yesterday).

While it was sitting I took advantage of the down time to replace engine and gear oil, inspect EVERYTHING very closely to insure no cracks or unseen damage. I used my truly geek-worth lighted magnifying glasses/headband thing to go over it very closely.

She's all put back together and test driven a couple of times to be sure. I'll be putting her back on commuter duty starting on Monday.

Thanks again to everyone who responded. It was just what I needed to confidently get in there and tear it all apart, figure it all out, install replacement parts, and then put it all back together again.

I kind of feel like "All the kings horses and all the kings men," except I had a lot better luck putting things back together again then they did.

THANKS!

P.S. If anyone ever needs to replace the triple tree, then just go ahead and order the bearing kit cause you're at least going to need one par of it (the piece that slides down onto the triple-tree). The nice thing about the bearing set for my scooter is that the two bearing wheels themselves are two different sizes, so it was easy figuring out which parts went with which bearing wheel and then where those went on the steering column.