How to straighten and align fork

[Vuggy]

I did a search and didn't find what I was looking for in the results but I'm new around here so maybe I am missing something in the search parameters.

So, I've got a bent fork leg on a Schwinn Corvette that I'd like to bend back and get it within reasonable alignment so that it tracks straight. What's a smart and easy way to do this besides smacking it? I don't have a pipe bender or anything like that but I figure with a bench vise and some 2x4"s I should be able to come up with something... Anybody have a tried and true solution?

Here's the fork:

 

[Anonymous]

I'd kinda like to know how that fork leg got to be bent out like that.

Clamp it in a 'soft jaw' vice,It might straighten out.

Good excuse to replace it with a SPRINGER!

 

[KOTA]

Are BOTH blades bent?........Vise and a 2x4 could work (need better pics). Post some pics without the wheel on.

 

[CCR]

i would try the vise.

those forks are cast and they dont like to bend like that in my experience though

 

[ponytailmike]

myself...
i think i would remove the fork from the bike...
then place a block of wood on each side of the bend allowing a gap in the center...
then use a block of wood on the bend with a hammer...
i don't think just sandwiching it in the vice will straighten it...
that is an odd bend...
granted i wanted to bend this fork...
but it bent well with a vice and a little pressure...

ponytailmike
mike

 

[Vuggy]

Here are some more photos. Yes, it's only one leg that is bent and I have no idea how it happened. The guy I bought it from in town said that he got the bike off Craigslist a few years ago and it was already like that.