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Heatsink tensioner help


jnthebiker

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Never had one of those but could you not flip the black bracket shown on the right picture so it keeps the white bit away from the spokes? i think you'd need to set it up below the chainstays though. the white bit would be horizontal in that set up i reckon.

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It looks like your hub is partially to blame with how close the sprocket sits to the drop out, is it 116mm? Also it looks like the tensioner could be pushed down more to avoid the spokes. Most of the time those tensioners don't look that tucked into the frame, don't forget that the spring will pull it up a little higher (on the plastic part) anyway.

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Clamp the tensioner support plate (that attaches to the axle) in a vice and straighten it out a bit. That would pull it away from the spokes quite a bit

My brother did so... the support plate is heat threated and just snapped on both bends, he had to weld it back together haha!

I would suggest to grind the part tha hits the spokes, that's what I did and was good!

Turning the tensioner around won't change anything as it's hitting the spokes, needs to get further from the center of the wheel to get more clearance, not turn around it.

Those tensioner are perfect with hubs that have large spacers on the side like Echo TR, the hubs with flanges close to the dropouts, such as Rockman hubs cause this issue.

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