Author Topic: Even further tales from the bodge bench (Read 2819 times)

oldschoolace · « **on:** November 12, 2017, 05:46 PM »

A recent find of some Oddysey xtro front hubs..... but no forks to go with them resulted in the old tin foil hat being donned and a solution sought. A plan was soon put into action and here is the result

Original axle on the left

oldschoolace · « **Reply #1 on:** November 12, 2017, 05:46 PM »

oldschoolace · « **Reply #2 on:** November 12, 2017, 05:47 PM »

oldschoolace · « **Reply #3 on:** November 12, 2017, 05:51 PM »

For those who dont know, these hubs have a 25mm through axle running on large sealed bearings with two large cone shaped spacers and 19mm diameter bolts to clamp the hub axle into a specially made fork... without the fork these hubs are pretty useless.

Mine will now run on a standard M10 bolt and pretty much any fork

Avro · « **Reply #4 on:** November 12, 2017, 06:02 PM »

I have machine shop envy.
Super job.

chubby · « **Reply #5 on:** November 12, 2017, 06:10 PM »

Fook me Clint, they came out brilliant. Fancy a pair of them

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griff · « **Reply #6 on:** November 12, 2017, 07:11 PM »

I love you Clint

CustardLips · « **Reply #7 on:** November 12, 2017, 07:24 PM »

And I'm guessing can be easily reverted back into it's original form ?

Andyboy77 · « **Reply #8 on:** November 12, 2017, 07:43 PM »

That's amazing Clint!

I love these threads

oldschoolace · « **Reply #9 on:** November 12, 2017, 09:27 PM »

Quote from: CustardLips on November 12, 2017, 07:24 PM

And I'm guessing can be easily reverted back into it's original form ?

2 second job Nick. Just slide the axle out and put the original back in

Mikku · « **Reply #10 on:** November 13, 2017, 12:23 PM »

Top bodging!

CustardLips · « **Reply #11 on:** November 13, 2017, 12:31 PM »

Quote from: oldschoolace on November 12, 2017, 09:27 PM

Quote from: CustardLips on November 12, 2017, 07:24 PM
And I'm guessing can be easily reverted back into it's original form ?

2 second job Nick. Just slide the axle out and put the original back in

oldschoolace · « **Reply #12 on:** November 14, 2017, 01:23 PM »

A few final shots. The original axle

oldschoolace · « **Reply #13 on:** November 14, 2017, 01:24 PM »

..... and the new axle installed

oldschoolace · « **Reply #14 on:** November 14, 2017, 01:24 PM »

Gnarlyscoots · « **Reply #15 on:** November 14, 2017, 05:39 PM »

Looks ace Clint

Are you doing the rear one too? Or is that one a standard fitment?

oldschoolace · « **Reply #16 on:** November 14, 2017, 05:47 PM »

Cheers Terry. Rears are a standard fitment.
Oddly rears seem harder to find than the fronts even though the front are fork specific

Andyboy77 · « **Reply #17 on:** November 14, 2017, 06:00 PM »

Thanks for sharing the pic of them forks. Besides the fact that some may like it and others won't, this looks like a clever idea to avoid any issues with chewed dropouts. Looks very solid.

Sorry for being a bit lazy to investigate myself, are these forks from the mid school era? Everything looks so indestrucible

oldschoolace · « **Reply #18 on:** November 14, 2017, 06:16 PM »

Hubs i have are dated 96 Andy

Andyboy77 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 14, 2017, 06:27 PM »

Quote from: oldschoolace on November 14, 2017, 06:16 PM

Hubs i have are dated 96 Andy

Thanks Clint, thought the design looks like it could be of the mid 90's. Bet they run smooth as silk too.

sawzall · « **Reply #20 on:** November 14, 2017, 06:30 PM »

Great work clint

Author Topic: Even further tales from the bodge bench (Read 2819 times)

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