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Bent YFZ knuckle, anyone?
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Posted by: maggiesboy

anyone ever bend a steering knuckle on thier YFZ. I took a good hit and everything is straight (aarms and tie rods) anyone have any thoughts?

Posted by: jshtex

Do you run the stock stem? I ask because our always bend at the bottom where the pitman arm bolts on(the smaller groved / threaded part). We also managed to twist one too.

The large part doesn't seem to bend so its kind of hard to tell without taking it off and looking it over.

Posted by: yfzracer220

I broke one once

Posted by: Got nads?

I'm assuming that you mean tie-rod end?

Posted by: yfzracer220

no I meant knuckle, it was at my first race at jolly rogers in nh.
I went off a jump a cliped someone elses wheel when I landed.

Posted by: 5valves

If you are running stock front end parts, the pitman arm, (knuckle) is the strongest part.
I bent all the rods and the shaft first.
I replaced mine though with a houser adjustable stop one when I replaced my twisted and bent stem.
I have also replaced the rods too.

Posted by: yfzracer220

The tie rods were the first to bend. After that I replaced the a arms tie rods and stem with walsh stuff. Thats when I broke the knuckle, then I twisted the splines on the walsh stem.