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So, I noticed on my ride that my wheel was little bit bent, and so I trued it and it was really straight. But then I noticed the dished was not really good. Like 5mm to the other side. I dished the wheel correctly, trued it laterally and radially, and then I put it in the forks, and my wheel is now little bit to the non-drive side. Like 4mm. Not much to really ruin the effect on riding, but it is triggering me! The wheel is fully in dropouts, and I tried several times. Then I tried to put the wheel in fork on the other side (so that brake rotor will be on the drive side) and it is still "offset" to the non-drive side. So wheel is dished correctly, and the wheel is not right in dropouts. Fork measures all the same, I don't know what to do. I will be getting new wheel next week, and it will always look like I got some defect if it will be like that. Here are the photos. Any help would be appreciated.
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This seems to be normal with simple QR forks. My Manitou has that too.

I tried to fix the QR in a way that the wheel sat straight, but while riding the wheel settled back in the offset position. Then I put a plastic strip in, but meanwhile I just ignore it.

QR problems.
 
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cxfahrer said:
This seems to be normal with simple QR forks. My Manitou has that too.

I tried to fix the QR in a way that the wheel sat straight, but while riding the wheel settled back in the offset position. Then I put a plastic strip in, but meanwhile I just ignore it.

QR problems.
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Eh, the problem is not the offset really, but I will be getting bigger tires, and that will be problem.
 
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Are you sure the fork is not bent. The two stanchions don't look parallel in the second picture (It might be because of camera lens distortions). Also since you said that it stays shifted to the non-drive side even if you put the wheel in the other way leads me to believe that you may have a bent fork.
 
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HuckingKiwi said:
Are you sure the fork is not bent. The two stanchions don't look parallel in the second picture (It might be because of camera lens distortions). Also since you said that it stays shifted to the non-drive side even if you put the wheel in the other way leads me to believe that you may have a bent fork.
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Yeah, they don't look bent, idk. It is because of the camera. I'll try to measure more thing just to be safe
 
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SeboMel said:
So, I noticed on my ride that my wheel was little bit bent, and so I trued it and it was really straight. But then I noticed the dished was not really good. Like 5mm to the other side. I dished the wheel correctly, trued it laterally and radially, and then I put it in the forks, and my wheel is now little bit to the non-drive side. Like 4mm. Not much to really ruin the effect on riding, but it is triggering me! The wheel is fully in dropouts, and I tried several times. Then I tried to put the wheel in fork on the other side (so that brake rotor will be on the drive side) and it is still "offset" to the non-drive side. So wheel is dished correctly, and the wheel is not right in dropouts. Fork measures all the same, I don't know what to do. I will be getting new wheel next week, and it will always look like I got some defect if it will be like that. Here are the photos. Any help would be appreciated. View attachment 1965449 View attachment 1965450 View attachment 1965451 View attachment 1965452 View attachment 1965449
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Well, either your wheel needs to be Dished or it isn't straight in the dropouts. It's hard to tell from the picture but it's usually the second one, skewer isn't straight in the dropouts. I would check that first and then head to a shop or have someone teach you how to dish a wheel . If you think the fork is bent...a good shop should have a frame and ir fork alignment guage to see if there is something amiss there..
-Paul
 
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If you swapped the wheel around backwards and the offset is still non-driveside then there's absolutely nothing wrong with your wheel. That's a problem with you fork and/or fork lowers đź‘Ť. I see that's a SunTour, perhaps it's one of their entry level models?
 
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DeeCount is most likely heading in the correct direction. Basically, one leg is longer than the other. This is evidenced by the fact you can flip the wheel, and you get the same result. With a rigid fork, it's an easy fix with a properly sized round file. Seriously, it's a common way for frame builders to get wheel alignment perfect.....usually (at least in my experience) it's less than 2mm, but...). However, with a suspension fork, especially one leaning towards entry level....it could be a bunch of things. It may be a minor casting defect in the drop out effectively making one leg longer. There's a lot of aluminum there, so....like I said....you're choice though. BUT....it could also be your fork is in need of a serious service and it's preventing one of the lowers from fully extending as designed. How old is that fork, how many miles are on it and when was it's last service, if ever?
 
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try loosening the QR and then adjusting the wheel in the dropouts until its centered and make sure to keep it like that when you tighten it and it is fully in the dropouts.
 
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SeboMel said:
So, I noticed on my ride that my wheel was little bit bent, and so I trued it and it was really straight. But then I noticed the dished was not really good. Like 5mm to the other side. I dished the wheel correctly, trued it laterally and radially, and then I put it in the forks, and my wheel is now little bit to the non-drive side. Like 4mm. Not much to really ruin the effect on riding, but it is triggering me! The wheel is fully in dropouts, and I tried several times. Then I tried to put the wheel in fork on the other side (so that brake rotor will be on the drive side) and it is still "offset" to the non-drive side. So wheel is dished correctly, and the wheel is not right in dropouts. Fork measures all the same, I don't know what to do. I will be getting new wheel next week, and it will always look like I got some defect if it will be like that. Here are the photos. Any help would be appreciated. View attachment 1965449 View attachment 1965450 View attachment 1965451 View attachment 1965452 View attachment 1965449
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we have the same tires
 
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SeboMel said:
Wouldn't that make then wheel unbalanced?
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No, your rear wheel is dished too. That's a pretty cheap fork that probably doesn't have high tolerances for quality control, so it's probably a little "off". Truing the wheel in the fork will work fine and really, that's how I dish all my wheels, because even frames aren't perfectly aligned, a mm or two in either direction is normal and it's better to have the wheel centered in the fork/frame for tracking and clearance.
 
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