[Certain Death]

hey all,
I've got a fork binding issue that i'm not sure how to deal with.

I have an 06 250x and tweaked the front end pretty good last weekend. The wheel was pointing way left when the bars were straight. I went home, pulled the forks, cleaned all of the gorman mud off of them, and put them back on. The problem is now the wheel is straight, but the forks feel like they are binding. Very hard to compress and a weak rebound. I've pulled and reinstalled the front wheel about 5 times to make sure it wasn't a axel seating issue. The forks aren't leaking so i'm guessing they're not bent. What should i look for next? Is it possible to bend a triple? If so, how do i check?

Cheers,
CD