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Premium Member Comment by nathan on January 17, 2012 at 9:15

Marek, Fitz hooked up Bugs and I with spherical upgrades on our splitfire rears (randal baseplate), so simple it was ridiculous, just ploped in perfectly and the ball screwed easily into the hanger (fitz may have machined the thread?) Thanks Fitz!

Premium Member Comment by Marek on January 17, 2012 at 8:34

Bump: Sutherland Sunday??

Premium Member Comment by Marek on January 17, 2012 at 8:33

Nice, I want to put this in my Splitfires which have Randal baseplates and have an adjustable pivot in the hanger but lack that wide shoulder the Randal hanger has to push on the bearing. I think I need more of a cup bearing or to change the pivot somehow. I know some Splits have pivot bearings, anyone got one with a pic or description of how it is done?

Premium Member Comment by Ben Mod on January 16, 2012 at 12:53

hi, yeah the fit is nice which makes it so much easier than drilling out the baseplate.  you can convert back easily that way too. The hardest part is getting a nice straight hole in the hanger for the bolt to fit.

Bearing are from igus:

http://www.igus.com.au/wpck/default.aspx?pagenr=2503&C=AU&L=en

or smallparts.com.au

16mm for bennetts (bit of a tight fit there)

19mm for randal

both are 8mm bore.

Premium Member Comment by Marek on January 16, 2012 at 10:24

Hey Ben I like the spherical dropping straight into the pivot cup (are the randals?) 

Where did you get the pivot cup bearings?

Also you Sutho boys are we still on for this Sunday the 22nd at Warratah Park?

Premium Member Comment by Ben Mod on January 13, 2012 at 18:15

A couple of guys were interested in how the pivot mods turned out -i added a pic to my page of the rear randal and did a bennett too. It was pretty easy in the end, acut down 8mm bolt tapped into the hanger, and a nylon spherical dropped straight into the existing cup.
awesome change to the ride, virtually no turning resistance. I'm going to have to mess with the bushings again to deal with it. let you know if it falls apart!

Premium Member Comment by haggy on January 12, 2012 at 19:27

young grosso looks like ian coggan!  bleach your hair ian

Premium Member Comment by nathan on January 12, 2012 at 18:46

Grosso slalom

 

Premium Member Comment by nathan on January 12, 2012 at 18:46

Comment by Cents on January 10, 2012 at 22:23

Truth is I have way too many wheels for 1 person - want to minimise the stuff I don't use. I think Craig has Bigzigs. I'll get a set of pocket pistol cone crushers and some limes and I'll trade you for those oranges. Are they fresh?

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