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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: telelogic on April 13, 2009, 03:34 PM

Title: tensioners
Post by: telelogic on April 13, 2009, 03:34 PM

Anyone know of a 10mm chain tensioner that will work with pegs?

I'll be using a 10mm to 14mm shim to bring my axle up to the size of my dropouts, so need something flat.

Title: Re: tensioners
Post by: JT71 on April 13, 2009, 03:39 PM

colony do a peg, alloy, with a tensioner built in,  not sure if they do them 10mm though.

Title: Re: tensioners
Post by: telelogic on April 13, 2009, 03:46 PM

they won't fit :(

the axles on my tuffs are too short.

plus the fact that part of that peg sits in the dropout which will be full of my shim.

Title: Re: tensioners
Post by: HEYWOOD BMX on April 13, 2009, 04:35 PM

  Someone used to make a tensioner with built in-10to 14mm spacer.Think it was ID, Billys might still have some in stock.

Title: Re: tensioners
Post by: rarman1 on April 13, 2009, 04:55 PM

take the flange of the axle convertor to make a shim that sits inside the dropout,

then use a 10mm tensioner and 10mm peg :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: tensioners
Post by: lazychubs on April 13, 2009, 06:34 PM

stupple ran pegs on his t1 when he went new skool
no tensioners tho but pegs kept coming off as axles wasnt long enuf
so be carefull

Title: Re: tensioners
Post by: JT71 on April 13, 2009, 06:44 PM

let me have a looky in my garage, i reckon i might have a pair of tensioners with a 10mm hole and slot to make them fit a 14mm dropout, but i might be wrong.

Title: Re: tensioners
Post by: JT71 on April 13, 2009, 08:26 PM

okay, I have in my possesion a pair of tensioners, 10mm hole but a built in 10mm to 14mm adapter.

however the washer part is very thick, and the thread is very long, but that could be shortened.

any use to you?

Title: Re: tensioners
Post by: Bettyswallocks on April 13, 2009, 11:03 PM

I'd be wary of running a 10 to 14mm shim and pegs you'll deffo bend the axles...  :(

Title: Re: tensioners
Post by: telelogic on April 14, 2009, 12:35 PM

Quote from: JT71 on April 13, 2009, 08:26 PM

okay, I have in my possesion a pair of tensioners, 10mm hole but a built in 10mm to 14mm adapter.

however the washer part is very thick, and the thread is very long, but that could be shortened.

any use to you?

I'd love to give those a go :daumenhoch:

send me a pm letting me know what I owe ya'

Title: Re: tensioners
Post by: rarman1 on April 14, 2009, 10:56 PM

or try 10 - 14mm axle convertors (the ones that screw on) they work perfect on my nankai hub :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: tensioners
Post by: pickle on April 15, 2009, 08:01 AM

or get proper wheels and dump the Tuffs?   ???