SQuiT-man Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Hi,Does anyone out there use a Chris King in their control, with the heavy duty bolts?Mine don't seem to want to fit in the frame because of the way the dropout is formed having a big flange of metal stopping the bolt from slipping in correctly..Ive never heard of this problem before, how did anyone else get around it?Cheers,Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 It's a pain in the arse, my friend just removed a bit of the dropouts with a grinder. Been using his frame recently, it's still damn hard to get the wheel in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loffa Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 I had the same problem with my 07 Czar. What you want to do is grind an L-shaped cutout into the silver aluminium washer around the bolt, so when fitting the wheel you turn the bolts so that the flange of the dropout will go into the cutout and then turn the bolt slightly so that it will kind-of roll over it.Hard to describe but this picture should say more than a thoulsand words:http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/5919/tsaar1sy2.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrishayton Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Hi,Does anyone out there use a Chris King in their control, with the heavy duty bolts?Mine don't seem to want to fit in the frame because of the way the dropout is formed having a big flange of metal stopping the bolt from slipping in correctly..Ive never heard of this problem before, how did anyone else get around it?Cheers,Scottyeh I had the same issue a while back, i ground down the bolt head and the dropout. however its best to just grind/file/ dremel the drop out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Fel Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Please grind the bolt not the frame. It makes so much more sence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Please grind the bolt not the frame. It makes so much more sence. I concurr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 I take it it's the alu sleeve on the fun bolts that's the problem? If so can't you just cut the whole sleeve off? I am pretty sure it makes no difference to how the bolt works, it just looks neater with the sleeve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave85 Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 The bolt has next to bugger all head without the alloy sleeve, it'll munch its way into the frame and probably refuse to tighten up straight too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQuiT-man Posted August 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Im tempted to grind down the flange on the dropouts since it would cause no structural damage to the frame..I guess if I filed the chris king bolts it'd always be damaged whenever i change frames in the future/sell my king, wouldnt want that!Do you think this was done on purpose so chris kings couldn't be used, but deng hubs could be? Do deng bolt-through hubs use bolts whose threads are no larger than the diameter of the bolt itself (unlike King bolts, which widen at the thread, hence causing the problem)?If so, thats a bit cheeky/clever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Has anyone seen my shoe? Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 If he did, he under estimated chris king owners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Nah, he's just a twat who can't think. There's nothing wrong with grinding the dropout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Feel free to call me an idiot, but cant you just take the bolt out completely, put the wheel in, then put the bolt back in? Or am I missing something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 No you can't because the dropouts are 10mm and the thread on the funbolts is ~12mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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