I see a lot of bikes with bent ears from a tip over getting the turnsignal. I was doing some R&R on the front of the 73 and that bent ear was bugging me. These are after shots but this method really helped and it was "quick and dirty".
For the ear, a chunk of 2x6 across the whole ear, you want to bridge the round tube that covers the fork, and a big c-clamp brought it back nicely. pic was a "recreation" I removed the rubber gasket before straightening. Doing it again I might add a 1/4" of plywood at the front so "spring back" would have it about straight. Afterwards I used a pair of channel locks with tape on the jaws to carefully straighten the wave that always shows up on the top and bottom edge of the ear after it's been bent, stretched, The paint even stayed mostly in place.
A caved in "ear mount" on the headlight bucket almost always goes with the bent ear. a lag bolt and washers greatly improved that also. size the washers so the inside fits "inside" and the outside washer covers the whole "knob" then draw the cave in out by tightening the nut.
Just a fix r up.
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For the ear, a chunk of 2x6 across the whole ear, you want to bridge the round tube that covers the fork, and a big c-clamp brought it back nicely. pic was a "recreation" I removed the rubber gasket before straightening. Doing it again I might add a 1/4" of plywood at the front so "spring back" would have it about straight. Afterwards I used a pair of channel locks with tape on the jaws to carefully straighten the wave that always shows up on the top and bottom edge of the ear after it's been bent, stretched, The paint even stayed mostly in place.
A caved in "ear mount" on the headlight bucket almost always goes with the bent ear. a lag bolt and washers greatly improved that also. size the washers so the inside fits "inside" and the outside washer covers the whole "knob" then draw the cave in out by tightening the nut.
Just a fix r up.
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