ODS construction? (fitting to Vector 1)

[Ziggy]

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

[SLIM]

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 ?

[Ziggy]

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...

[Ziggy]

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...!

[orange]

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!)

[Ziggy]

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.

[Colin]

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.

[Ziggy]

Or are you fitting it to a fixed stem mount instead of an ULM?

Yup!