steering problem?

[super90]

I went out for a ride today and was riding down a paved road and looked down at the triples, When im going perfectly straigh the bars have to be slightly angled to the right or else you go to the left. Yes I have checked tire pressure and am running 3.00lbs exactly in each. Could this be from fork oil levels or what? I really dont think I bent the frame since I didnt hit anything or wreck recently. So what exactly could be causing this?? Only other thing I can think of IS a bent frame? But yet its not?

[cr480r]

Is the front wheel straight with the tripples? If not loosen up the clamp bolts and center up the wheel to the bars... This is very common situation on bikes and 3-wheelers...as it doesnt take much to knock them out of alignment.. or put them back...

[super90]

Well it was something to do with the forks. My left fork was bent inward a little because my old hub was too short for some reason and I had to bend the fork inward. So now that I have my old hub on it caused the forks to be not aligned. I rotated the forks in the triples about half a turn and it seems to be straight now. Thanks for the tip with the clamp. It was loose and the fork was almost coming off :eek:

[chickunfut]

bent upper fork tube / tubes. Both of my forks were bent when I bought my trike,, scary to ride......

[super90]

Its not even noticeable so im not worried about it. It just bent inward twords the wheel. Its not bent in or out and dosent effect riding it. But my old forks were bent in to the frame and that was scarry to ride definatly.

[Rustytinhorn]

My 250r forks were really bent and one was leaking when I got it. Decided to do a rebuild. Took me 4 or 5 days just to get the front end apart and another couple days to get the straightened. (If you not supposed to too bad cuz I did it anyway).
We used a hydrolic press to straighten the one fork and ended up putting a little dimple in one of the fork tubes. The tolerances are so stight between the tube and the spring, that the spring would no longer slide into the tube. I needed something to shove in the fork tube to get the dimple out. Had some pipe that fit perfect, but I already knew it was too weak against the hardended steel of the fork. Then I remembered I had a spare GMC rear axle sitting in my sideyard. Talk about a PERFECT FIT. Took the o.d.'s of the spring and axle and the axle diameter was about 1mm (I think, cant remember)bigger than the spring. Put a little heat on the fork, loaded the axle with grease, put it in, and hit it with a sledge hamer on top. Worked perfect. Now I'm riding again.
But after I got it all back together, turns out the frame is bent a little too :lol:
Oh well...