12-20-2014, 05:11 PM
(12-20-2014, 01:33 PM)Lord Popgun_imp Wrote: Isn't the advice usually to loosen up everything--all fork bolts, etc, and let everything go back to normal, then re-torque?You would loosen top fork clamps(not the bottom at the same time or the bike will fall down on the tubes and youll have to jack it up to pull the fork tubes back down). Loosen the top crown nut in the center of the top yoke, and the front fork axle clamp side at the bottom of the fork that is the clamp side of the axle. No need to unscrew the axle. Then you can turn the front wheel against a wall or post to get it all straight. Sometimes you have to push it really hard. Then torque the crown nut and the upper fork clamps properly, bounce the forks up and down a couple times and reclamp the end of the axle.