K2 / Proflex Riders Group
General => Tech Forum => Topic started by: Ziggy on February 01, 2007, 09:43:29 am
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My shocks arrived from Germany today... Just ODS, but with Eibach springs, & the main point being the upgrade from the rubber-on-a-stick front 'shock' that I had before.
Back was on in 2 minutes, & feels awesome! But the front... well it could have just gone well, couldn't it? :(
Apparently, Vector-1s have a larger mounting hole at the top of the shock than Vector-2s. Which is a tad annoying. So my question is this - how's the metal (gold) part of an ODS made? If it's solid, the hole on the new shock's gonna get bigger, sharpish...
I can't wait to get these fitted, so please help me! The back feels like a new bike, & that was with a proper shock & relatively close to spec, brand new, elastomers... The front'll be amazing if I ever get there!
Cheers :)
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ZIGGY
from when i serviced mine , the internal "hole" stops before the hole for the mounting bolt
so enlarging it shouldn`t be a problem , as far as i can see
anyone ????
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Cheers - & thanks again for finding em for me! :)
If it turns out that I can't enlarge the hole, I expect I'll be able to get round it another way - this just seems easiest.
It makes sense that it'd be solid - the rear one's very similar but with a bigger hole, so I imagine they just cut the hole to suit the mounting location...
Think I'll give it a service before I fit it & then I can see for myself - seem to remember there are instructions on here somewhere?
edit: found the instructions...
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Well I wasn't that keen on modifying the shock - I (/whoever I took it to if I wasn't feeling brave!) might have made a mess of it, I might want to sell it on in the future etc etc... So my mind turned to other options!
I'll put some pics up if anyone's interested, but basically, I now have 2 stub axles (links->stem mount on each side), with a smaller one running through them & through the standard shock mounting hole. A bit of threaded rod & a couple of nylocs through the lot holds it together, but not too tight!
Amazingly, I managed to get the bits off the shelf, only requiring chopping to length & minor fettling to fit. The stub axles are slightly too small in their O/D, so ideally I'll get a new standard top axle & cut that up (would need to enlarge the I/D slightly though). Anyone know where I can get one? Don't really want to use the old one, as I'd like to be able to put it all back to stock if I need to!
Wow - that's a really dull post & probably impossible to understand, but maybe it'll be of use to someone sometime! :) I've got loads of the tube / rod left over, so if anyone needs a magic kit made up...!
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I'm a pictures kind of person (can't follow written instruction to save my life - need images!!) - if you have any pix that would be interesting, but don't do them specially for me... it's only out of idle interest (not practical benfit...yet!)
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Will do! Thanks again for finding em for me! Oh, & I got the tyres ok too :)
I'll hopefully get a quick ride in tonight, so I'll report back then... Might even get round to doing a writeup on my home-made lights too.
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Ziggy, can't quite understand your description, I'm with Orange on that one!
Looking at my Vector II fork and ODS, All I can see that fits it to the Upper Link Mount is an M6 Bolt, a "Top Pivot Tube" that is slightly wider than the ODS and fits in the gap between the ULM holes and a pair of "Seal Spacers" that pack the gap and centralise the whole thing.
I would have thought all you'd need would be a similar pivot tube, i.e. to take the ODS hole size down to M6 and a couple of spacing washers, preferrably nylon or rubber to go either side?
Or are you fitting it to a fixed stem mount instead of an ULM?
(This ramble is probably just as confusing...........)
See K2Bike Tech
http://www.k2bike.com/tech_library/pdfs/vector2_assy.pdf
Parts 21 and 24 and the two seals each side of 24.
Shame we havn't got a diagram of a Vector I (Have we, have we?)
Col.
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Or are you fitting it to a fixed stem mount instead of an ULM?
Yup!