Manitou comp fork steerer alignment?

[jimbog]

Hi all. I bought these Manitou comp forks from a chap on here and didn’t use them in the end so sold them on eBay. The buyer then returned them as the steerer is not 90 degrees to the crown and his local bike shop said they are not fit to use. My question is whether this is normal or whether these have an issue? Does anybody have a pair to compare with? The pic makes it look worse than it is as it was hard to hold the forks completely straight vertically.

 

[ishaw]

Not all forks have steerers that are straight by design. I don't have a clue if these are such forks should be straight or not. Images online are inconclusive to my eyes.

 

[jimbog]

I would have thought that some would have a slight angle to set the forks outwards. The crown race seems to seat ok. Maybe he just didn’t want them.