J Trials 31 Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Alright, I went to change my tire today to a Maxxis on my Zhi mod. It's pretty much factory specs, so nothing really should prevent it. It's got AVid SD5 vees with the Zhi vee adaptors that came on it, the tire goes on, but the noodle rubs. Any solutions? The only thing I've thought of is to change it to a worn down Maxxis, but I'd have to swap tires with my other bike, which would be a pain. lol, I'm lazy. ThanksJordan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 add a half link to move the wheel back in the dropouts a touch more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indianatrials Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 Heck no, just get some heatsink or neon v-dapters, use the 4th mounting hole. or get longer vees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 Heck no, just get some heatsink or neon v-dapters, use the 4th mounting hole. or get longer veesOr just make your own, its not that hard. Do longer vees exist? I have only ever seen shorter ones... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Papasnap Maher Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 Running vee's on a mod is always a pain in the japsy, don't both with it and just get a maggie, I know a few people who have tryed, but the angle you have to set the arms up at, to get clearance from your tyres, leaves you with a shit brake where the pads dont hit the rim flush and rips your ankles to peices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike W Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 Running vee's on a mod is always a pain in the japsy, don't both with it and just get a maggie, I know a few people who have tryed, but the angle you have to set the arms up at, to get clearance from your tyres, leaves you with a shit brake where the pads dont hit the rim flush and rips your ankles to peices.I run vee on my czar mod, works perfectly, better than any maggie ive owned ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willis-gu Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 wack a few washers in to space it out to lift the noodle up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cai Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 the angle you have to set the arms up at, to get clearance from your tyres, leaves you with a shit brake where the pads dont hit the rim flush and rips your ankles to peices.I ran my Ultimate on the rear of my 05 Pythong - and that worked perfectly, didn't have trouble setting it up at all.My advise would be to add a 4-bolt booster under the v-daptors. This will raise the height of the vee-brake up a cm or so and will sort out your problem. You'd have to use a booster that is flat on top, so the v-daptors set square - I'd recomend an RB booster for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indianatrials Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 Yes, there are, only a few though. Tektro 857AL vees are longer for fender clearance on downhill bikes and such.Or just make your own, its not that hard. Do longer vees exist? I have only ever seen shorter ones... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Trials 31 Posted June 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 Running vee's on a mod is always a pain in the japsy, don't both with it and just get a maggie, I know a few people who have tryed, but the angle you have to set the arms up at, to get clearance from your tyres, leaves you with a shit brake where the pads dont hit the rim flush and rips your ankles to peices.It has worked fine for a long time. I just decided to stick a new tire on the rear because I got a comp coming up. I really don't have the money to go spending on things right now. I'm poor. lol Otherwise I would already have Heatsinks and some ultra good pads and such. Besides the maggies I got, I hate. Somethings weird with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jitters Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 Hey J, have the same problem with my stock. Something to consider... if the cable housing is zip tied to frame at the closest mount to the tire, clip that and pull the cable a bit towards the front of the bike. May have to experiment a tad to get it right. Make sure you still have two mounting points to keep the cable snug, but that little bit of wiggle room gives me loads of clearance for my cable/vee/tire rubbing problem. Just a thought and it's free to try too. =)Don't think I'm gonna make it out there for the comp though. =( Good luck and have a blast!Cheers,Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Trials 31 Posted June 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 Hey J, have the same problem with my stock. Something to consider... if the cable housing is zip tied to frame at the closest mount to the tire, clip that and pull the cable a bit towards the front of the bike. May have to experiment a tad to get it right. Make sure you still have two mounting points to keep the cable snug, but that little bit of wiggle room gives me loads of clearance for my cable/vee/tire rubbing problem. Just a thought and it's free to try too. =)Don't think I'm gonna make it out there for the comp though. =( Good luck and have a blast!Cheers,GaryThanks a ton, Gary! That did the trick. Sure does beat the hell out of changing tires around too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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