[mtbman4]

I was giving my bike the ol' post-season clean which involves me taking the entire bike apart, cleaning, and reassembling. Now, my Shiver is tracking really wierd. The feeling is hard to describe. Its kinda like it keeps pulling to one side or the other. Now, I though that the legs were misaligned or something, but I have checked that twice now. Any other ideas? Has anyone else had this problem?

 

[Jm_]

I was giving my bike the ol' post-season clean which involves me taking the entire bike apart, cleaning, and reassembling. Now, my Shiver is tracking really wierd. The feeling is hard to describe. Its kinda like it keeps pulling to one side or the other. Now, I though that the legs were misaligned or something, but I have checked that twice now. Any other ideas? Has anyone else had this problem?

If you don't tighten the axle using the correct steps, the legs could bind, although that shouldn't cause your bike to pull one way or the other. A misaligned for usually does that. best way is to loosen both crowns and twist the legs back and forth a bit to loosen them up, then retighten.

Kind of sounds dumb, but is your stem straight? Also, excessive drag on one side could do this (disc brake or hub bearings?)...

 

[zedro]

Also, excessive drag on one side could do this (disc brake or hub bearings?)...

might wanna refresh your physics on that one....

 

[mtbman4]

Not the stem, its defenitley something "binding". How do you tighten your axle? Ok, if you were going to take your fork apart and reassemble it, what steps would you take?

 

[mtbman4]

might wanna refresh your physics on that one....

Oh geez, don't bring science into this...

 

[Jm_]

might wanna refresh your physics on that one....

i was thinking crazy...i was confusing one situation we have (misadjusted bearings) with when we has a bike with a tweaked frame I think

 

[zedro]

Oh geez, don't bring science into this...

well you might, if it means the difference between one or two front wheels

 

[vitox]

Oh geez, don't bring science into this...

yes because we all know how bad science is...

 

[Kornphlake]

Is one leg slightly higher in the crown than the other possibly? Did you raise the crowns for a slacker head angle and you're now feeling wheel flop? Is your rear wheel all the way in the dropouts (sounds impossible... I know,) did you true the wheels, are they still true, did you dish the rear properly? Other than that it could be a frame alignment problem you just didin't notice until now.

 

[mtbman4]

Is one leg slightly higher in the crown than the other possibly? Did you raise the crowns for a slacker head angle and you're now feeling wheel flop? Is your rear wheel all the way in the dropouts (sounds impossible... I know,) did you true the wheels, are they still true, did you dish the rear properly? Other than that it could be a frame alignment problem you just didin't notice until now.

I actually lowered the crowns about 4 mm. Rear wheel is 12mm TA. Wheels have not been messed with. The bike is exactly the same as it was before dissassembly. I don't think the frame is tweaked, because the problem didn't exist before. Im out of ideas!

 

[8it]

Do you have a headlock? And if you do check to see you didn't overtighten it. A friend of mine overtighten his headlock on his dorado and it felt like the bike pulled to one side or the other. Might seem dumb but its easy enough to check.

 

[mtbman4]

Turns out, it was a headset problem
My Cane Creek S2's sealed bearings completley fell apart, and this caused the headset to feel really tight. When I took my fork off, bearings just spilled out everywhere! My new King feels like candy though!
Thanks everyone for your suggestions.