Hastings
I live for the CABE
I did this early this morning.. worked really well. Not sure if this method was posted before. I felt it was really safe and forces were easily controlled.
Need: 2pieces of 1” thick soft wood, 1 piece hard wood, couple shims, table saw with cast iron top, c clamp or pony clamp. All things most people have laying around.
Unplug saw. Drop table saw blade below flush, remove the safety cover, Bridge fork over the saw hole using the 1”soft wood, place fork with arching side of fork facing up. Put hard wood on top side of fork. Place clamp between bottom of cast iron top of hard wood. I cranked it 1/8th turn every ten minutes just to be safe and not anger the sleeping old fork. Going with 1/8 turns and creep up to the fork being roughly straight. Take it off. Look to see if one of the legs is a little behind where it should be. Clamp down again but shim that side. Repeat till twist is gone. Reclamp it again but now with no shims. Go slightly past where you want it. Leave it clamped>go clean some hubs! Half hour or so later remove. Here’s some action pics. I’ll post the “before & after” pics tonight or tomorrow once I get the bike back together. Comments and suggestions always welcomed.
Need: 2pieces of 1” thick soft wood, 1 piece hard wood, couple shims, table saw with cast iron top, c clamp or pony clamp. All things most people have laying around.
Unplug saw. Drop table saw blade below flush, remove the safety cover, Bridge fork over the saw hole using the 1”soft wood, place fork with arching side of fork facing up. Put hard wood on top side of fork. Place clamp between bottom of cast iron top of hard wood. I cranked it 1/8th turn every ten minutes just to be safe and not anger the sleeping old fork. Going with 1/8 turns and creep up to the fork being roughly straight. Take it off. Look to see if one of the legs is a little behind where it should be. Clamp down again but shim that side. Repeat till twist is gone. Reclamp it again but now with no shims. Go slightly past where you want it. Leave it clamped>go clean some hubs! Half hour or so later remove. Here’s some action pics. I’ll post the “before & after” pics tonight or tomorrow once I get the bike back together. Comments and suggestions always welcomed.
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