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Twisted fork

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Bryanj:
The yokes bend easily and have straightened loads the way i suggested but if yhat dont work it suggestes you need to change the lower yoke and maybe the top one as well

marroinia:
Well, I think the top yoke is fucked.

I used a piece of glass across the stanchions to see geometry while only half out of the top yoke, they are dead true. If I drive them back up they go twist...

The gap between the top clamps screws , where its pinching, are not flush, I bent them back, now the twist is worst. The bike is unusable  :( I will bend as it was, I want to ride...

marroinia:
I used your method Bryanj, and everything came back as it was before I messed with that fork.That will be the good news of the day! I also tryed to push on a wall corner, it straightend the fork but it springs back. I can't do more...

I also have a gap between the left fork leg and the speedo drive, that remember me that thread:

http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,22727.msg203415.html#msg203415

No christmas present for the kid and wife this year, I need new yokes!

I think buy the bottom one first, as I read it's the first to bend.

Is it possible to pay someone to straighten them like the frame ?

allankelly1:
Hi

I had a very badly bent set of yokes on my Rd bottom yoke was so twisted it was out by over 6mm and sent them to Motorliner in Maidstone as  they are pros at straightening yokes and frames


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marroinia:
So it can be done, good to know. There is a bike shop 1h ride from my place, they have good reputation, (and cb four they refurbish 8) ) I will ask them if they do it or know somebody. Maidstone is 12h drive!

Thanks everyone for advices! I'll let you know if that's fixed.

allankelly, how much did you pay for that?

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