Question about using Park Tool rotor truing fork vs my old method

I've been truing rotors for years with an adjustable wrench and a rubber mallet. Always felt like it worked fine, was skeptical of spending $30 on a dedicated tool. Last week I finally borrowed a friend's Park Tool DT-2 and gave it a shot on a really warped 180mm rotor I had sitting around. The difference was night and day honestly, got it straight in like 3 minutes versus my usual 15 of tapping and cursing. Has anyone else switched from a hack method to the real tool and felt stupid for waiting so long?

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iris3948d ago

Oh man, don't even get me started. I spent years doing the exact same thing with a hammer and a pair of pliers like some kind of caveman. I actually felt a little embarrassed when I finally bought the DT-2 and realized how much time I'd wasted wrestling rotors into shape. It's one of those tools you don't think you need until you actually try it, and then you wonder why you didn't buy it sooner. Now I just hang my head in shame thinking about all those evenings spent bent over the workbench cursing at a rotor that wouldn't cooperate. That little fork is worth every penny if you ask me.

maxb467d ago

Hold up, you used a HAMMER and pliers on brake rotors? That's wild man, I gotta say I've never heard of someone going that route before. I was out here using a proper tool from the start and still managed to mess things up sometimes. You must have some serious patience to make that work at all.

the_robin8d ago

So is the DT-2 the go-to, or are there other rotor truing tools worth checking out too?