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Converting solid axle (front) to QR
I was in the process of overhauling the front axle on one of my bikes when the thought struck me, I wonder if there is any reason I can't convert this to a 9mm QR. It now has the usual 3/16 bearings, I was wondering if such a conversion would require larger balls, say 7/32nds. The dropouts are 5mm thick, no lawer lips, but I do have tab washers with a small hole, specially for QR skewers. Is such a thing possible, or should I forget it? Dan -- Dan Burkhart |
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Converting solid axle (front) to QR
Dan Burkhart writes:
I was in the process of overhauling the front axle on one of my bikes when the thought struck me, I wonder if there is any reason I can't convert this to a 9mm QR. It now has the usual 3/16 bearings, I was wondering if such a conversion would require larger balls, say 7/32nds. Unless you can change the bearing cups in the hub to some available one for 7/32" bearing balls (Campagnolo etc) you cannot use larger ones. Of course the hollow axle and cones are easy to find for 7/32". The dropouts are 5mm thick, no lawer lips, but I do have tab washers with a small hole, specially for QR skewers. Is such a thing possible, or should I forget it? Try getting some new lower end QR wheels. Jobst Brandt |
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Converting solid axle (front) to QR
Dan Burkhart wrote: I was in the process of overhauling the front axle on one of my bikes when the thought struck me, I wonder if there is any reason I can't convert this to a 9mm QR. It now has the usual 3/16 bearings, I was wondering if such a conversion would require larger balls, say 7/32nds. Nope.If the axle is 9by1, any decent bike shop will have a hollow axle and a QR...Put all the cones, spacers, locknuts onto hollow axle, QR-done. The dropouts are 5mm thick, no lawer lips, but I do have tab washers with a small hole, specially for QR skewers. Is such a thing possible, or should I forget it? Dan -- Dan Burkhart |
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