Author Topic: K2 5996 disc brake adaptor-photo added (Read 61274 times)

Thunderchild · « **Reply #15 on:** February 25, 2011, 12:00:30 pm »

My nephew machinist says he is too busy to make any for now. He recently became part owner of the company. I will keep on him though.

Thunderchild

Willie_B · « **Reply #16 on:** February 25, 2011, 01:28:39 pm »

Quote from: Thunderchild on February 25, 2011, 12:00:30 pm

My nephew machinist says he is too busy to make any for now. He recently became part owner of the company. I will keep on him though.

Thunderchild

Thanks for trying. It will reamin tucked away until hopefully some can be made.

racesrc · « **Reply #17 on:** September 13, 2011, 11:43:07 am »

Quote from: glader60 on February 24, 2011, 08:31:07 pm

Quote from: Willie_B on January 17, 2011, 03:00:45 pm
Does anyone have a photo of this installed? I got a NOS one in a box of parts and the directions are a little vague. Thanks.

Here you go, it's very sturdy since it's machined with the oval to fit in the dropout. This is on my aluminum swing arm 4000. Very Simple install.

i would like one of these parts please, please can anyone make that happen?

racesrc · « **Reply #18 on:** September 13, 2011, 11:50:50 am »

i would really like to find this part. i could probably break out my dremmel, but the actual part would just be so much nicer.

Spokes · « **Reply #19 on:** September 14, 2011, 01:56:37 pm »

Your quickest solution will be to make your own adapter. Plenty of people have done this succesfully. Alternatively my 957 has HOPE Ti Glide hubs with their hanger system that puts the hanger inboard of the swing arm and locates onto the wheel spindle. Im sure there are manufacturers that still make this type of system.
How ever if you do find a 5996 then make some copies as their are a lot of other members of this site who would also like one.

Chris

racesrc · « **Reply #20 on:** September 14, 2011, 03:43:37 pm »

CAN DO!

racesrc · « **Reply #21 on:** September 15, 2011, 08:15:56 am »

Quote from: Spokes on September 14, 2011, 01:56:37 pm

Your quickest solution will be to make your own adapter. Plenty of people have done this succesfully. Alternatively my 957 has HOPE Ti Glide hubs with their hanger system that puts the hanger inboard of the swing arm and locates onto the wheel spindle. Im sure there are manufacturers that still make this type of system.
How ever if you do find a 5996 then make some copies as their are a lot of other members of this site who would also like one.

Chris

hey, is it possible since you have the actual part, that you could measure the mounting holes since all i have is a photo and the drop-out. i know the drop-out holes measure 51mm to each other, but how about you triangulating the brake adapter holes to the drop-out holes and post those measurments, if you can. thank you. i've got a chunk of al in 1 hand and my dremmell in the other

racesrc · « **Reply #22 on:** September 15, 2011, 11:24:30 am »

Quote from: Old Proflexer on January 19, 2011, 05:29:10 am

Ah, the old 5996 - nice to see one again -

Proflex was well ahead of itself when it designed these little units so all of us could eventually upgrade to rear discs.

Much discussion went on a ways back as to who created and came up with the idea for rear adapters for the old proflexes -
I'd always referenced the 5996 as the original and that our plates were loose copies of the original design.

I couldn't get one at the time as they were discontinued so I hacked a few out in my garage and they came out looking like this:

It would be nice if someone with the right knowhow and machinery could reproduce them - they look sharp

OP

only problem with this piece is that it is flat and doesnt fit into the drop-out oval

racesrc · « **Reply #23 on:** September 15, 2011, 11:31:22 am »

if anyone is interested i did find a shop here in arizona that can take these photos and build a program to produce copies of the actual part #5996. the more parts made, the cheaper they are for all of us. im not looking to make a dime on anything here, only to put my hayes disc on my bike. so the first part w/ the program would cost $100.00 or less USD. closer to 75 but depends on the fitment into the drop-out oval and how long it would take to get the fit correct. after the first one each additional part could be 20 bucks or less to produce. so what i need to know is how many of you guys are interested.

david

racesrc · « **Reply #24 on:** September 15, 2011, 11:46:42 am »

the way i see it is if 10 of you could pay $30.00 each for a completed part, then have 11 parts made, would be the same price for my part. the fitment could be scrutinized on my bike with 160mm rotor for proper alignment. mine is a 1999 k2 evo 1000 aluminum swingarm with the 51mm spacing 2 threaded holes in the drop-out. let me know. i already have the brakes and disc hubs, so im ready to roll right now.

david

racesrc · « **Reply #25 on:** September 15, 2011, 11:55:37 am »

and subsequenty, producing only five parts would cost roughly 50 bucks a piece. i do have a paypal account. and can ship these pieces to anywhere, im willing if you are.

david

Colin · « **Reply #26 on:** September 16, 2011, 03:37:54 am »

I'm in the UK and own some of the last "Hammerhead" adaptors, but would be interested in a #5996 "Clone" as I agree it would probably fit better and doesn't affect the skewer fitment.

But the problem for us in the UK is import duty (~20%) and more importantly the excessive fee (~£9) to collect it!

but if an item is below £18 then it's waived, so on todays exchange rates I make that $28

So bottom line for me is, that is I where I can buy into this program!

Good Man!

Let us know!

Col.

k24000 · « **Reply #27 on:** September 16, 2011, 06:50:33 am »

Sorry gents to come straight into to this one as it is my first post but this is exciting for me I would love to have a bracket for my swingarm so count me in.

racesrc · « **Reply #28 on:** September 16, 2011, 08:22:13 am »

thanx for the response. i to am very excited. i'm taking my bike and the photo's from this forum in to PRECISION POWDER COATING AND MACHINE today to get him started. it sounds like he can take the photos and my drop-out and produce a 3-D virtual prototype. ill post photos of the first piece when its installed and working, then we can go from there. if we can get enough people in on this im sure we could get the price under 20 bucks a piece. USD, which sounds like it would do the job just right for those in the UK. again thanx for the support.

david

racesrc · « **Reply #29 on:** September 16, 2011, 08:36:04 am »

what would really help i think would be to get measurements off an actual part. like an x pattern from the 4 mounting holes, ie, measure from the bottom dropout hole to the top brake adapter hole and vise versa.

david

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