bent/twiste steering stem/clamps help!

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25 Aug 2013 08:40 #602963 by kamakazie1000
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Good morning Kzrider community!
I suspect my steering stem/triple clamps are bent it twisted. It's a 78 kz1000 with a 77kz1000 front end. The old fork tubes we're slightly bent so they have been rebuilt with new tubes, seals, and hardware. When I tried to slip the forks into the triple clamps I noticed that the forks don't align with the top clamp. Is there a way I can tell if my steering stem or clamps ate bent or twisted. I will upload some pictures when I get home later. I'm hoping this is as simple as just getting a new lower clamp/triple tree. Any suggestions, comments, concerns are welcome.
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25 Aug 2013 10:02 - 25 Aug 2013 10:02 #602976 by martin_csr
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Try placing the upper triple on a glass table & pressing down on a corner to see if it rocks. Mine rocked quite a bit. The replacement part I got only rocked a little bit, maybe 0.5mm or less, something like that.

The test doesn't work on my 650's lower triple, since there are a couple of projections on the bottom that keep it from laying flat. In the future I guess I could use a piece of plexiglass & cut out a hole for the projections... not sure how true plexiglass is, though.
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25 Aug 2013 11:03 #602988 by kamakazie1000
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So lay it down flat, right side up, as if it we're sitting on top of the stem? The upper clamp is a new piece, broke some bolts off in the old one. Like I said I'll post some pictures later, but the way things line up I'm thinking the lower clamp or stem is definitely bent

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28 Aug 2013 16:37 #603563 by kamakazie1000
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Finally took some pictures.
As you can see the forks don't line up at all the the top clamp. I have 2 top clamps, one that came with the old front end and a new one. Neither of them fit. Also when I took a closer look at the old fork tubes I noticed they we're bent. So, I'm thinking new lower clamp and steering stem?

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31 Aug 2013 02:17 #604096 by MDawnz1
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Just 1 quick question.
Can you please pull off the top tree and put a straightedge on it?
The stem.
It looks bent in photo 4,Maybe just the lighting?
Its also past my bedtime .

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