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Old 07-01-09 | 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Bam42685
I mean that I would take a rod several feet long and bolt it to the dropout and use it like a prybar. I coldset the frame yesterday and now the right side dropout isn't parallel to the other.
Lets say you took threaded rod and bolted it to the dropout with big washers on both sides.....you'd bent the rod before you moved the dropouts. With that method you still wouldnt know if the 2 sides were properly aligned.

Dropout tools are very stout.
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