Garth, I would start by checking for the cause of misalignment. First check the wheel dish with a dishing guage, and correct it if necessary. Then if it's still not on-center consider the fork. If the frame was correctly aligned, some event has knocked it of kilter, and that iis more likely to be a bending disturbance than something that effectively shortened the dropout. I'm not sure what the best method would be to test for that, but I would just take it to a frame expert. I wouldn't file one of my nice frames unless I knew it needed it. It/s nota reversible change.
Ken Freeman Ann Arbor, MI
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Bianca Pratorius Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:48 PM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]correcting fork alignment/dropouts
My fork seems to be symetrical, by my measurement, but the center of the tire seems to be a hair off the centerline of the fork crown. One mechanic says to file the dropout on one side to even this out. Does this seem like the best plan?
Garth Libre in Miami Fl.