ok so i flipped my bike over forward and the tire is a good bit off centered to the right of the trees. if i look down the forks the trees seam to line up but the wheel does not. basicly its like this

if my bars are straight, well the one thats not broken, the lower and upper trees look lined up but the wheel is to the right.

can this still be twisted tubes and not bent? could the axle be bent?

to straighten back up i lossen the axel pinch bolt, the lower pinch bolts and then hold tire and move bars till they aligne?

 

Sounds like the lowers are out true, not likely to be the axle, as its pretty stong.
You need to loosen everything off, may just be out of alignment, give it a chance to "Settle", but you really should have it looked at, as this sort of thing needs to be measured properly & can't be done by eye. Its pretty important from a safety & handling aspect to make sure everything is ok.

 

After you loosen up everything, take a striaght edge to the forks to make sure they are not bent. If they seem slightly bent at all complete removal will be needed. Thats just a starting point.


And what the hell did you do to flip over forewards??

 

i jammed on the front breaks to much in a panic situation. i never locked the front up though lol.

how much do you think a dealership will charge to fix the front end and check rear alignment. how manys hours you think?

 

Might just be easier and cheaper to just buy some used forks off ebay.

 

^^^ +1

There is a chance, in fact I would say it's a guarantee, that your lower triple clamp is bent too. So if you get new forks and they still don't line up, install a new triple before you leave a negative feedback on the guy that sold you the forks...

 

i think i am going to take it to a dealership when i get a new clip on installed for the front end . do you think a machine shop can straighten a subframe?

 

For the most part if the forks are ****ed up they are ****ed up for good. Plus it will cost just as much if not more to fix them than to buy a new pair

 

i think the forks are fine but just twisted in the tree.