DirtyToes

i remember one of buddies was telling me you could bend back bent forks with a pipe bender (machine)

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is this true?

i have a set of forks that are bent way back.....maybe like 20 degrees...can it be fixed or are they trash?

Wheeliest

haha yeah no..... internals are toasted.

DirtyToes

forgot about the internals.

E-Loc540

no you cant re-use or bend back the bent tubes...you should be able to salvage most of the other fork parts though...I dont know what kinda bike you have but all the internals should be ok....maybe exept for the damper-rod

DirtyToes

juss curious...wats the damper rod?

p.s. i would think that the springs and everything else is bent too?

Wheeliest

this is the damper rod

old man roger

fork tubes can be bent back into shape with a roll press but the tubes are so thin on modern bikes i would never do it ,that and used forks are probably gonna be cheaper then getting the bent ones fixed

i did have a set of bent forks fixed on a cruiser i had when i was 18 but i wouldn't do it on a modern bike specially if you do stoppies...

Wheeliest

just ride those bitchs bent