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Google fork straightening service and similar, you should be able to find some one local enough to do it for you, or give it a bash your self just for fun |
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I've bent some forks in my time, you will have damaged the damper rod and bent the top and or bottom yoke, depending how hard you hit the van the headstock bearings will be nicely fooked and possibly the front wheel bearings too.
When it comes to fixing a crashed bike, get the parts thoroughly inspected and replace if off, you might find some straight forks but if the headstock and clamps are fucked it will turn one way better than the other in a straight line. ____________________ Haz ER-5, innit! |
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Thanks for the advice everyone. New forks are £400 each, a new stanchion is £110ish, and I'll probably attempt to do the job myself (even though the Haynes manual says it's a four spanner job ).
Quick question, the Haynes manual doesn't mention any special tools for reassembling the forks, yet the service manual does so do you really need them? I know some people say they use a bit of scaffold pole etc. ____________________ Yamaha MT-03 '08 (crashed)
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MC wrote: | Thanks for the advice everyone. New forks are £400 each, a new stanchion is £110ish, and I'll probably attempt to do the job myself (even though the Haynes manual says it's a four spanner job ).
Quick question, the Haynes manual doesn't mention any special tools for reassembling the forks, yet the service manual does so do you really need them? I know some people say they use a bit of scaffold pole etc. |
Not had a problem just using hand tools and when I worked at yamaha we just buzz gunned the nut off the bottom to make it easier, if it does spin when you try to tighten it back up, just use the springs pressure to help hold it in place, as you can see from the parts diagram they are very basic so wouldn't really need special tools, HOWEVER, if you do get the holder tool cheap point me to it because they're good to have for kawasaki forks. ____________________ Haz ER-5, innit! |
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I'd take them apart BEFORE ordering new stanchions.
It's been a hell of an impact and you might find part of the lower has cracked too. I've had the spindle clamp crack through on a bike following a big frontal impact.
Worth checking the wheel is still true and uncracked and the wheel spindle isn't bent. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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Some forks have come up for £220 (so the price of 2 new stanchions), what do you guys think? Also they're off a 2006 bike, but I don't think there were any changes to the MT-03 (mines a 2008 model). ____________________ Yamaha MT-03 '08 (crashed)
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