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Straightening forks

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Oldschool rider:

--- Quote from: Bigplinky on January 14, 2007, 04:16 PM ---Julian

Your better off finding somebody with a bearing press and doing it properly (make a solid bar to fit down the steerer tube to stop it kinking and bolt a old front hub in so both legs move at the same time). Failing that you can do them one leg at a time in a vice with a length of bar (2m +) over the leg just put wood between the bar and the fork to stop it marking the fork.

Cheers

Andy

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Thanks Andy, if i Ram them, do you think it would work?? I dont know anyone with a bearing press.

Also, this is for Rich, i just compared them to a NOS set, and they are definately bent :(

jT Racing:
get a photo up. bending is easy, but you need to know what you are doing. if you get a kink or a twist in them, you can file them under b(for bin). Are the legs bent on the steerer or is the steerer bent? makes a world of difference.

Rombloke:
yeah a lot of old school bikes have a severe rake on the forks, so they may not be bent...get a pic up

dave

Bigplinky:
I've used both the bearing press method and big bar method and it takes a lot of force to bend a good set of forks so I don't think just riding into a wall would work (maybe on burner forks  :LolLolLolLol:). I would try the big bar method as it's controllable and you'll get them back to were you want without over stressing them.

The other thing is I've had a NOS set of Hutch forks next to a second hand set (both unbent as when you look straight down the leg there was no curve just straight tube) and the NOS set had significantly more rake. Also got two sets of Pro Star forks which are very different even though they are the same fork so maybe just production tolerance.

Oldschool rider:

--- Quote from: Ŧ☻WПSHEПĐ♠ on January 14, 2007, 04:45 PM ---get a photo up. bending is easy, but you need to know what you are doing. if you get a kink or a twist in them, you can file them under b(for bin). Are the legs bent on the steerer or is the steerer bent? makes a world of difference.

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They are bending more forward than the others from where the brake pads are on the front caliper. I've decided not to do the wall thing as i have had these re-chromed, and the chrome may crack. I'll get a pic up tomorrow  :daumenhoch:

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