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Old 12-11-12 | 09:42 PM
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Bikes: Stewart S&S coupled sport tourer, Stewart Sunday light, Stewart Commuting, Stewart Touring, Co Motion Tandem, Stewart 3-Spd, Stewart Track, Fuji Finest, Mongoose Tomac ATB, GT Bravado ATB, JCP Folder, Stewart 650B ATB

A length of 2x4, weight lifting bar, hockey stick, ect will act a a good enough bending bar to twist the drop out ends of a fork back to being parallel to the crown area. Often this will slightly spread the drop outs wider then they were before. I've posted a few times in the last year how to check fork alignment. With a good wheel, a bench vice and some slats of wood it's not hard, just takes a focused mind. Andy.
PS- If the bike tracks straight then don't wory too much about this, except for making the drop out faces parallel to each other so you don't wear the bearings prematurely.
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