Post by: oldschoolace on April 03, 2018, 02:33 PM
Ive come up with a conversion kit from 10mm to 6mm but sourcing the spring carrier is proving difficult so looking at getting them made.
The kit consists of 4 sealed bearings, carbon steel axle, washers and nuts. Everything you would need to rip out the 10mm axle and fussy bearings and replace with easy fit parts.
Question is what you you be happy paying for such a kit?
Couple of development pics (ignore the temporary bolt and nut) :daumenhoch:
Post by: Taipan on April 03, 2018, 03:14 PM
There is no end to your talent fella look forward to seeing your results :)
Post by: oldschoolace on April 03, 2018, 03:18 PM
what do you think price wise though?
Post by: Taipan on April 03, 2018, 03:22 PM
Post by: oldschoolace on April 03, 2018, 03:26 PM
Post by: Taipan on April 03, 2018, 03:27 PM
Post by: oldschoolace on April 03, 2018, 03:37 PM
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Post by: oldschoolace on April 03, 2018, 03:48 PM
Post by: Taipan on April 03, 2018, 03:50 PM
Post by: oldschoolace on April 03, 2018, 04:00 PM
Difficult to get it lower than £15 and make it worth my while
Post by: Andyboy77 on April 03, 2018, 05:21 PM
4 sealed bearings, 4 brass bushings, 4 washers, axle bolt, spring carrier, locking nut, 2 cupped washers and nylock nut.
Difficult to get it lower than £15 and make it worth my while
If the conversion-kit consists all the parts mentioned above, £20,- would be just fine too. It is handmade right? This clever trick looks like it would make any caliper work much smother and maybe or eventually make the caliper-arms work in synch easily. I think this could be interesting for anyone who actually rides his bike(s) and is tired of adjusting them caliper brakes over and over again. :daumenhoch:
How comes that a company like DC or ACS never came up with that idea...? Sell the idea and become rich. :D
Post by: john4130 on April 03, 2018, 07:17 PM
Post by: oldschoolace on April 03, 2018, 07:26 PM
Having a hard time finding any and thought about making em myself. That deffo has a home brew look about it. Just need to keep looking for stock ones or work out a way of cutting the slot reliably with the tools I have :chin:
Post by: Mikku on April 07, 2018, 05:28 AM
Post by: oldschoolace on April 17, 2018, 04:10 PM
Made a little clamping jig out of some scrap Ali to keep my bell ringers away from the saw and pretty pleased with the results :)
Post by: griff on April 17, 2018, 04:30 PM
If you run out of ideas you can borrow my 6-10mm conversion kit :teef:
Post by: oldschoolace on April 18, 2018, 12:00 PM
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Post by: chubby on April 18, 2018, 12:47 PM
Post by: Andyboy77 on April 18, 2018, 12:59 PM
Post by: griff on April 18, 2018, 05:10 PM
The rise of mid prices has made people reluctant to drill forks out these days. 6mm kits are near impossible to find & fiddly to swap over. Best thing about this kit is you don't need to mod the arms for the bearings, this means any dickhead can manage to install it & ride :daumenhoch:
Bloody hell Rich - you made a sensible comment :LolLolLolLol:
Post by: chubby on April 18, 2018, 05:46 PM
The rise of mid prices has made people reluctant to drill forks out these days. 6mm kits are near impossible to find & fiddly to swap over. Best thing about this kit is you don't need to mod the arms for the bearings, this means any dickhead can manage to install it & ride :daumenhoch:
Bloody hell Rich - you made a sensible comment :LolLolLolLol:
Sorry Griff, won't happen again :-[
Post by: oldschoolace on April 18, 2018, 05:53 PM
Post by: Taipan on April 18, 2018, 06:57 PM
ps...what do people think of the stopping power of a Boa brake?
Post by: chubby on April 18, 2018, 08:21 PM
Looks bloody brilliant fella :daumenhoch: keep those updates coming ;)The boa was a great improvement over earlier caliper brakes ( you know the one's I mean
ps...what do people think of the stopping power of a Boa brake?
)Obviously became old hat when the 990 etc appeared. If you've no mounts on your forks then they're still the best thing to slow a mid tank ...
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Post by: Taipan on April 18, 2018, 10:11 PM
Post by: chubby on April 22, 2018, 06:30 PM
Clint kindly sent me a kit down & even with the hangover from hell it took less than 10 mins to swap over. The brake feels beautifully smooth & looks good to me too.
Will find something to chuck it on for a test in the week .(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180422/580b82ede4e0c94caa5228c6ab5ce3ee.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180422/c44cdc4c591e7cfd1da04056ea10a63d.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180422/b9d7b1fa88ae468d43a427963a021ede.jpg)
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Post by: chubby on June 21, 2018, 09:57 PM