Has anyone bent a 16 spindle?

[BBP]

Bent one last year, tried to straighten it in a press but just had to buy a new one.

I thought I would try that. What did it do in the press, bend or break?

 

[BBP]

I had my skis set in the skinny position & that's the direction the spindle bent, in & under. I wonder if the added leverage of the skis being in the skinny position had anything to do with it.

 

[boondocker97]

I had my skis set in the skinny position & that's the direction the spindle bent, in & under. I wonder if the added leverage of the skis being in the skinny position had anything to do with it.

It certainly doesn't help things. I know the older BDX front spindles were more prone to bending if you had them set narrow. I always ran mine wide (ski centered on spindle) and didn't have near the issues bending them that some guys did.

 

[john6719]

Mine was set in the middle when it bent.

 

[Kingranch12]

I got run off the trail a couple weeks ago riding out to the Canadian border from Maine sled hit a tree I bailed quickly ripped off everything and totaled the sled in the process but spindle was still straight

 

[kidwoo]

spindle was still straight

Lucky!!