Well it's too late to not "damage" the fork, that's already been done.


But as Gb says it's an easy repair. I've done a number of these drop out straightenings before and not yet had one crack or break. I prefer to use a drop out aligning tool to secure the bent drop out while straightening then an adjustable wrench, because I have them. But the wrench will work well enough too. In a few cases I found out that the blade had also bent outward and after the drop out was back pointing the right way the spacing between the two drop outs required some playing with. That's when having someone who knows what their doing is nice, to maintain the fork's total alignment. Andy.