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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: Flaz on November 03, 2006, 11:32 PM

Title: MX 1000 question
Post by: Flaz on November 03, 2006, 11:32 PM: on my mx 1000's the fixing bolt what goes through my forks is well long and the one on the back is aswell

how can i get over this problem ? spacers?

help :'(
Title: Re: MX 1000 question
Post by: lazychubs on November 03, 2006, 11:33 PM: seems you have two fronts
get a shorter spindle for rear and two spacers for the front
Title: Re: MX 1000 question
Post by: Flaz on November 03, 2006, 11:36 PM: they are both different sizes but one seems really long where would you get a smaller spindle from rhys? cheers
Title: Re: MX 1000 question
Post by: lazychubs on November 03, 2006, 11:37 PM: most bike shops should have em in stock
or ask on rad as ive given a few away to rad peeps lol
if its the flat brake bridge u need the smallest ones
which i may have a spare one but need to look
first
Title: Re: MX 1000 question
Post by: Flaz on November 03, 2006, 11:43 PM: it is a flat brake bridge its for my torker

be well gratfull if you could help us out on this one rhys
Title: Re: MX 1000 question
Post by: RATTY on November 04, 2006, 12:31 AM: or nick a spindle from a copy brake, swap the guts over, and bingo
Title: Re: MX 1000 question
Post by: lazychubs on November 04, 2006, 12:33 AM: thats the easy way but finding the small
spindles is hard lol
as most didnt have the flat brake bridge lol
Title: Re: MX 1000 question
Post by: RATTY on November 04, 2006, 12:36 AM: Quote from: Lazychubs on November 04, 2006, 12:33 AM
thats the easy way but finding the small
spindles is hard lol
as most didnt have the flat brake bridge lol

Tis a pain, thats for sure......failing that, use a cooling fin for brake blocks, Matdub had one on a brake i bought off him, looked cool as well
Title: Re: MX 1000 question
Post by: snav69 on November 04, 2006, 12:37 AM: Them copy mx spindles are dangerous , my 14 yr old son snapped his front one and wrapped it around the wheel , all he did was stop in front of me and it gave way.I think they are made of putty and not at all safe :tickedoff:
Be carefull if you do change to the cheap £4 brake ones
Paul :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: MX 1000 question
Post by: boofy44 on November 04, 2006, 09:43 AM: get an m6 die and cut the threads further then cut off the excess.thats what i did.
Title: Re: MX 1000 question
Post by: RATTY on November 04, 2006, 09:49 AM: Quote from: snav69 on November 04, 2006, 12:37 AM
Them copy mx spindles are dangerous , my 14 yr old son snapped his front one and wrapped it around the wheel , all he did was stop in front of me and it gave way.I think they are made of putty and not at all safe :tickedoff:
Be carefull if you do change to the cheap £4 brake ones
Paul :coolsmiley:
Never thought that would happen, good point. shiite i got a couple like that
Title: Re: MX 1000 question
Post by: winnit93 on November 04, 2006, 09:58 AM: Quote from: Flaz on November 03, 2006, 11:32 PM
on my mx 1000's the fixing bolt what goes through my forks is well long and the one on the back is aswell

how can i get over this problem ? spacers?

help :'(

DONT YOU EVEN GET ME STARTED WITH MX1000 MR FLAZ!
SOLD AS SEEN,SOLD AS SEEN :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: MX 1000 question
Post by: greentoad on November 04, 2006, 12:18 PM: Hi

I robbed the spindles from an NOS set of DC Bulldogs.

J.