Author Topic: K2 5996 disc brake adaptor-photo added (Read 61285 times)

racesrc · « **Reply #30 on:** September 17, 2011, 01:50:43 pm »

hello, everyone. so, here's the story. unless i hear from thunderchild or ironhorse/k2 buy monday afternoon, with an actual part for me to have copied, i'm going forward with duplicating this part at the facilty here in prescott az with the pictures and my bike with all the other pieces in place to design and produce the first part. that could cost up to a hundred bucks for me, hopefully not, but if so, oh well. it will be worth it. after that like i said i'll test it to make sure it works, then i will post pictures here. then making copies of the part obviously gets cheaper by the quantity. it will have to be fair though, i dont want to pay that kind of money and do the leg work, only to ship out copies to anyone for a lot less than i paid. so i will keep you posted on the initiall cost. if i could get the part from thunderchild or k2 then it would be cheaper initially to reproduce it as oposed to copying a photo and taking all the measurements and test fitting untill it was right. as far as shipping to the uk, if i remember correctly if you pay me through paypal, it doesnt matter what for. hte item i would ship is so small it could be done through the post office in a bubble envelope marked as a gift. the amount piad for the part and the shipping of the part are totally seperate from each other. in other words if i have three parts made, and it cost one hundred fifty dollars to make them, then we each have to pay fifty dollars. i'm not complaining, i'll do the first part with or without any additional help either way. but if there are people out there interested you should speak-up

k24000 · « **Reply #31 on:** September 18, 2011, 10:49:03 am »

Yes I am interested it sounds fair to me count me in I have pay pal so no problem at all and the idea of sending here to the Uk as a gift is spot on

Spokes · « **Reply #32 on:** September 19, 2011, 03:36:38 pm »

Quote from: racesrc 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

Just to clarify, I dont have a 5996. The system on my 957 is Hope's own system that will fit any bike. However, Ive contacted Hope and they no longer make it.
Chris

racesrc · « **Reply #33 on:** September 22, 2011, 10:23:27 am »

i'm having trouble trying to upload a photo, i spent a couple hours last night in my kitchen with a dremmell and a piece of acrylic and came up with a perfect prototype for the brake adapter. i am totally amazed with myself because i had never done this before. the part fits perfectly and even on the first attempt. so i took the prototype to the machinist this morning and a CNC'D part should be ready by tomarrow afternoon. even the machinist was amazed at the accuracy of the part i made. it doesn't look exactly like the 5996 but it does look pretty good. it will be a little thicker i think than the 5996 but i will feel a lot better knowing for a fact that it wont fail. since i dont have the actual part # 5996 i went with "better safe than sorry" attitude. i will keep you posted. and could someone please tell ne how to get my photo's up here.

david

racesrc · « **Reply #34 on:** September 22, 2011, 10:24:54 am »

by the way the finished part will be cut from billet 6061 al

david

racesrc · « **Reply #35 on:** September 22, 2011, 01:11:56 pm »

here are a couple of photo's, these are rough and remember this is plastic. the finished part will be a little different

racesrc · « **Reply #36 on:** September 22, 2011, 01:19:00 pm »

THE BIKE

david

Spokes · « **Reply #37 on:** September 22, 2011, 03:14:36 pm »

You should be proud of your handywork, thats a top job youve done.

Chris

racesrc · « **Reply #38 on:** September 22, 2011, 03:32:45 pm »

thank you, i made a couple of changes to it right before i took it to the machinist today. it will be cool. i cant wait.

david

racesrc · « **Reply #39 on:** September 22, 2011, 04:01:16 pm »

by the way the reason for the prototype, simple. i learned something this week, to have a shop design and produce even a small part like this one, even with photo's and my bike, the cost would be $85.00 per hour, and that adds up very quickly. it could take 4 to 8 hours to finsh just 1 prototype. so i started. i dont have that kind of money. ( money can be one hell of a motivator). now with my prototype in their hand, the most this first one will be is that $85.00. that is scanning it into the computer entering the cutting program then setting the cnc machine and milling. he said it should take about 45 minutes, i hour at most, hence the $85.00 cost. then like i said before, the more copies, the cheaper they become. but only as long as the copies are made at the same time. if i call him a few days later asking for 1 copy, it will cost roughly 75 bucks. if i say 10 copies, it will be roughly $125.00 for all 10. making those cost $12.50 each. hopefully there are more than just three of us interested. if not we are looking at 60 to 75 bucks each. i am paying him 85 dollars when i pick up the first 1. i may put 1 up on ebay to see if there is any interest.

david

k24000 · « **Reply #40 on:** September 23, 2011, 09:10:39 am »

This is great keep up the good work I am assuming this will fit the carbon swingarm I have on the 4000? i'm sure the end drop outs are the same. looking forward to the finished item. By the way did the bike come with those forks as standard? I am running crosslinks but am thinking of changing out to something like those

Old Proflexer · « **Reply #41 on:** September 23, 2011, 09:55:45 am »

ah - - - the ever evolving add-on disc adapter for our old Proflexes - - - you gotta love it.

I'm not an engineer, glad some of you younger guys are or at least have the wherewithall's to figure it out -

racesrc · « **Reply #42 on:** September 23, 2011, 10:09:01 am »

i wish i was a younger guy, 49. buts thanx for the vote of confidence

david

racesrc · « **Reply #43 on:** September 23, 2011, 10:50:11 am »

Quote from: k24000 on September 23, 2011, 09:10:39 am

This is great keep up the good work I am assuming this will fit the carbon swingarm I have on the 4000? i'm sure the end drop outs are the same. looking forward to the finished item. By the way did the bike come with those forks as standard? I am running crosslinks but am thinking of changing out to something like those

the fork is a 2004 marzocchi bomber mx comp 80mm travel, liquid smooth. nothing like the fork that came on the bike new. as far as the drop-out, i would think the sape would be the same, however i have not measured the 2 for differences, only mine

david

jnrhunty · « **Reply #44 on:** September 23, 2011, 12:15:59 pm »

I'm only new to the world of Proflex, picked up a black 1000 that i want to restore but would be in for an adaptor. Can you send to OZ will pay postage.

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