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I am certain you won't want to here what I am about to say, but if you only replace one fork there is a better than 50/50 chance that the fork tips will not line up as the forks are not always set at a perfect 90 degree angle. As I recall there is a manufacturing tolerance for the bend angle of + or -.5 degrees so forks are sold as matched pairs. The longer the fork the more difference in the fork tips. This difference cannot be adjsuted by bending.
And of course if you have wear on the other "good" fork there are other issues of strenght and the amount of wear should be verified. I seem to recall if the fork blade portion of the fork is worn 10% you loose 20% of the strenght of the fork. Your fork lift dealer should be able to help you determine how much wear you have with a set of fork calipers. I as a sales person always carried the calipers with me and got my foot in prospect's doors by offerring a "free" fork lift wear inspection analysis. Sure helped me sell some forks and a number of fork lift trucks too.
  • Posted 19 Aug 2010 12:23
  • By johnr_j
  • joined 3 Jun'06 - 1,452 messages
  • Georgia, United States
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