P1000 Steering wheel not straight after a bump

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Hello All,
Did some trail riding a few weeks ago and now notice I have to clock my steering wheel to drive straight. I did hit on the passenger front but wouldn't think hard enough to bend or knock anything out of line. Can I adjust it out?
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Hello All,
Did some trail riding a few weeks ago and now notice I have to clock my steering wheel to drive straight. I did hit on the passenger front but wouldn't think hard enough to bend or knock anything out of line. Can I adjust it out?
Thanks
Might want to take a look at the tie rod to make sure you did not put a bend in that
 
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Hello All,
Did some trail riding a few weeks ago and now notice I have to clock my steering wheel to drive straight. I did hit on the passenger front but wouldn't think hard enough to bend or knock anything out of line. Can I adjust it out?
Thanks
Like @Ragnar406 said, check the tie rods to see if you bent one. If no bend, turn your steering wheel until it’s straight and look down the side of the machine and try and determine what side is out of adjustment, then make your adjustment on the tie rod.
 
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Like @Ragnar406 said, check the tie rods to see if you bent one. If no bend, turn your steering wheel until it’s straight and look down the side of the machine and try and determine what side is out of adjustment, then make your adjustment on the tie rod.

Tiger, you were right. I looked at it from the front and see it was toed out on the passenger front. A few turns on the tie rod link and now have a straight wheel again. thanks for your input.
 
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Tiger, you were right. I looked at it from the front and see it was toed out on the passenger front. A few turns on the tie rod link and now have a straight wheel again. thanks for your input.
make sure the nuts that hold the tie rods tp the knuckle are tight they can come loose and mess up your steering
 
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Had to reset the alignment
On mine pretty easy to do
 
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