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Bent steering tube.

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Johnny4428:
Apparently I have a bent steering tube. Never even noticed, but the guy at the powder coaters did. Is it viable to try and straighten or should I replace?

Nurse Julie:
Do you mean the actual frame headstock tube thingy is bent?

Johnny4428:
Tube on the bottom yoke. Sorry maybe called it the wrong thing!

Bryanj:
Not really viable to repair as there are used ones out there depending on model

Rob62:
I have a similar issue on my K4... the stem is not bent as such but is slightly distorted right at the base whee the lower race presses on. I did buy a spare when I was doing the resto but that also has a very slight distortion in the same place. The bike rides great but i can never get the bars to be pointing absolutely perfectly straight which I suspect is due to this. I obviously don’t know how this happened, whether it was due to a minor front end (no other evidence of this) or whether its just wear and tear, usa dirt road riding, whatever.... The stem tube walls are fairly thin and would probably be fairly soft material too. As I have a spare lower yoke I am planning on turning off the lower weld and making a replacement stem to press back in. You can buy a modern replacement from a place called cognitomoto.com but they are ridiculously expensive.. Anybody with a small lathe could make some, they could probably make a few bob selling new stems on here. 😄

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