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Old 06-25-18 | 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by nlerner
Those park tool alignment gauges will give you plenty of leverage. I find if I hold the fork blade with one hand and the tool with the other, I can exert enough force to bend the fork dropout in all kinds of ways.
+1.
Just about anything you grab the steerer with and it'll spin if you try to wrench a CrMo strength fork blade. Sometimes I'll angle the fork down so I can hold both tools with each hand and use my knee as a leverage.
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