🔧 Efficiently Align Rotors with the Park Tool Rotor Truing Fork - DT-2C Review

Saved me from buying a new rotor, amortized in about two minutes of purchase. I'm the type of person who prefers to use a few simple tools, so I always figured I could just make real rotors with my thumbs, an adjustable wrench, or needle nose pliers. While I recently bent my rotor an amount I thought could be salvaged, after two hours of fumbling with simple tools I had no success. With the help of a parking fork, I fixed it almost immediately.

I'm new to bike disc rotor setup. But I can tell you that my disc was badly bent, probably from using an adjustable wrench to straighten it out of friction. Being a beginner I didn't know whether to bend one side in or the other side out, so I ended up just removing the disc from the bike entirely, which was easy (there are about 5 or 6 of them ). screws). I then placed the disk on a flat table surface and pressed on its edge, walking around the disk to see which side was pressing. I then used…

Yes you can buy a new rotor for anywhere from $20-$50 but this thing has already paid for itself and was very easy to use. GCN has a good guide on how to do this and I was able to get my rotors fixed on the first try. I'm a heavier rider and my disc rotors were failing all the time. Took me about 5 minutes to get them ok and now they don't rub at all. Seriously, for less than $20 any home mechanic would have no trouble having it on your desktop. I might have been a little softer at first, but…

As a hobby bike mechanic, I buy tools from a variety of stores and manufacturers - from Revain to Home Depot to Harbor Freight. I only own a handful of handpicked Park Tools, but the ones I have are worth their weight in gold. They're always the right tool for the job, turning frustrating hours with another tool or an improvised solution into minutes of enjoyable service. DT-2 is just such a tool. Turn your mountain bike upside down, slowly spin each wheel, carefully applying a wrench where…

While I still don't understand the advantages of disc brakes over good old rim brakes, I ride a disc bike and will stick with this system. I have many bikes with rim brakes (which are disc brakes, if anyone wants to stretch the definition) and I find them much easier to service than disc brakes. While the stopping power of disc brakes is touted as an advantage, I'm not sure either. But as usual, I digress. I've put off buying a disk tool like the Park model just because I'm a tight-fisted (and…

Park Tool's DT-2 Rotor Adjusting Fork is dependable, durable equipment. Of course, this is a simple idea for a tool, but well thought out and designed. The tool is cut from a thick piece of steel (0.25 inch [6.25mm]), much thicker than the cheaper ones. The center of gravity of the DT-2 is damn close to the center of the instrument. As soon as you pick up the Park Tool fork, you will immediately understand the price difference. The tool's thickness and tapered center provides a comfortable grip