I bought this fork new and had it shipped to me. It ended up going to a pickup point and somewhere along the way the box it was in was crushed. Upon inspecting the fork there’s no cracks in the paint that I can see, but it doesn’t sit flat when laid down. Is this amount of play within what a manufacturer would allow in their tolerances or am I going to have issues. I reached out to the manufacturer already, just looking for some opinions as it’ll probably be a while until they get back to me. Thanks!
Edit: Alright it seems like this is not really a cause for concern. Gonna see what the manufacturer says when they get back to me, but for now I’m gonna stop worrying and have a nice weekend.
Thanks everyone! Have a good one!
Is this twisted or within tolerance?
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by Pasghetti_Western
14 Comments
Is this twisted or within tolerance:
Yes.
IMO this amount of wobble isn’t going to do much. Your brake caliper has enough wiggle room that when you center it on your rotor it should be fine.
Have you explored the possibility that your (wood) surface isn’t reliably flat?
Frankly, that would not bother me. Once you have it all bolted together, you may not be able to detect that.
Those eyelets are never perfect and do not reflect the fork’s alignment. If the axle was in the dropouts when you got it, stop worrying about it!
Is your table trued up? I’d lay a level on it and spin in in 3-4 inch increments to see if it’s out of true then go from there.
Does it matter if your fender eyelets are perfectly aligned? Because that’s all you’re checking.
I bet every single bike on earth has some handling quirk from being slightly out of true in some capacity. And that our brains imperceptibly and quickly and unconsciously accommodates how we handle a bike.
I’ve ridden some fucked up frames (like an inch and a half out of true) and it just felt “normal” until i rode a more normal bike and was like “damn”
Calm down.
What’s it made of
Scientific term here is a cunthair. You got a cunthair of wobble and cunthairs are within spec.
Just wait til you see how much tolerance spokes have 😅 in slo-mo
Once mounted the axle pulls it straight
* Also watch that basterd flex when braking
The wheel hub will hold it right. 👍
There are much worse parts and they are within tolerance… So… 😅